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Set Sail for Murder: A Henrie O Mystery (Henrie O Mysteries)

by Carolyn Hart

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ISBN13: 9780060724030
ISBN10: 006072403x
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When retired newspaper reporter Henrietta O'Dwyer Collins, Henrie O to her friends, receives a call for help, she discovers that love once kindled never burns to ashes. Although she refused Jimmy Lennox's marriage proposal, there is still a special place for him in her heart. She wished him well when he found happiness with Sophia Montgomery, world-famous documentary filmmaker and stepmother to the now grown heirs of a great fortune. Sophia is at odds with the heirs, and Jimmy fears for her safety. He asks Henrie O to come along with the family on a Baltic cruise. Henrie O can't turn down her old friend, though old passions are stirred when he calls.

On the voyage she soon realizes this dysfunctional family is plunging toward destruction and one of the travelers has murder in mind. As the ports of call pass—Copenhagen, Gdynia, Tallinn, St. Petersburg—death inexorably approaches. Henrie O works desperately to save Jimmy and to bring hope to lives blighted by anger, resentment, and heartbreak.

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"In the long-awaited seventh installment of Hart's popular series starring feisty retired journalist Henrie O (after 2001's Resort to Murder), Henrie O's erstwhile lover, Jimmy, has married another woman, the dashing Sophia Montgomery, and he's afraid that one of Sophia's stepchildren from a previous marriage is trying to kill her. When Jimmy begs Henrie O to accompany his family on a cruise and get to the bottom of the suspicious accidents that keep befalling Sophia, she reluctantly agrees. It turns out that Sophia's stepkids have plenty of reasons to hate her, not least that she stands in the way of their inheritance. The scheming stepkids are predictable and two-dimensional, but Henrie O remains a complex character, and her struggles to keep her feelings for Jimmy platonic are every bit as engaging as the putative mystery. Henrie O's fans, and devotees of Hart's lighter Death on Demand series, will enjoy this quick read." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)

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When retired newspaper reporter Henrietta OUDwyer Collins responds to a former lover's call for help, she discovers that the flame of love, once kindled, is never completely extinguished in this twisting tale set aboard a murder-filled Baltic cruise.

About the Author

An accomplished master of mystery, Carolyn Hart is the author of six previous Henrie O novels. She is also the creator of the highly praised Death on Demand series. One of the founders of Sisters in Crime, she lives in Oklahoma City.

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The Book Resort, July 10, 2009 (view all comments by The Book Resort)
Carolyn Hart's long-awaited seventh installment in the highly popular Henri O series after six years takes you on a exotic and opulent cruise.The book kicks off with spunky retired journalist Henri O receiving a phone call from dear friend and one time lover, Jimmy Lennox.Jimmy's wife glamorous world-famous documentary film maker, Sophia, has been barely escaping some weird "accidents " that she just shrugs and shakes off as coincidence. Jimmy fears for his wife's safety and pleads with Henri O to join them on a family cruise to the Baltic that will determine what Sophia will do with her step children from her second husband's inheritance.Henri O reluctantly agrees to join the family, but knows Jimmy would come to her rescue if ever there was a need. Sophia's scheming step children loathe her for controlling their money.As the voyage sets sail we are given a wonderful description of the ports of call and the luxuriant cruise ship. I truly enjoyed my two week cruise with the lovely Henri O. It was my first Henri O book and I am anxious to read the series from the beginning. It was well-written, well-plotted and a delight to read.As a diehard fan of her Death on Demand series I was highly impressed with getting to know this charming, fiesty, humorous character.The one thing I love about picking up a book by Hart is her vast use of vocabulary.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780060724030
Subtitle:
A Henrie O Mystery
Author:
Hart, Carolyn
Publisher:
William Morrow & Company
Subject:
Ocean travel
Subject:
Cruise ships
Subject:
Mystery & Detective - General
Subject:
Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths
Edition Description:
Hardcover
Series:
Henrie O Mysteries
Publication Date:
April 2007
Binding:
Hardcover
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
278
Dimensions:
9.36x6.36x1.06 in. 1.03 lbs.

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