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It’s 1927 and young Iris Cooper is sailing home to America after traveling all around the world with her Aunt Hermione in this affectionate homage to 1920s detective novels. Aboard the S. S. Irenia, she encounters an international cast of characters with secrets, and solves a murder with wisecracking newspaperman Jack Clancy.

"A delightful throwback to the 1920s . . . It's like turning back the pages to early Christie. . . . Beck handles familiar ingredients without slipping into cliche." - Washington Post Bookworld

"Very much like early Agatha Christie . . . unfussy energy and light, stylish period-flavor. . . . Good clean fun, in the most old-fashioned mystery vein--but written without a hint of camp or pretension." - The Kirkus Reviews

"Delightful period piece . . . just plain fun, well-written and a delight to read." - The Seattle Times