#BlogTour: The Cruise by Catherine Cooper @catherinecooper @HarperCollinsUK @fictionpubteam @RandomTTours #TheCruise #CatherineCooper #RandomThingsTours #FiveStars

Book Synopsis:

A glamorous ship

During a New Year’s Eve party on a large, luxurious cruise ship in the Caribbean, the ship’s dancer, Lola, goes missing.

Everyone on board has something to hide

Two weeks later, the ship is out of service, laid up far from land with no more than a skeleton crew on board. And then more people start disappearing…

No one is safe
Why are the crew being harmed? Who is responsible? And who will be next?

Find out in the twisty new thriller from the queen of glamorous crime, Catherine Cooper.

My Review:

I’m a big fan of this author’s books so when I was offered the opportunity to review her latest book I absolutely jumped at the chance. The Cruise is another gripping and intriguing read which kept me reading far too late at night. It’s going to be a difficult book to review as I really don’t want to give anything away.

The story is told in the present day from multiple crew members and in flashbacks from 8 years ago following the story of a girl called Laura. I found this very intriguing as it quickly becomes apparent that each oth the crew members featured have secrets that they are trying to hide from the others. Each have seen Lola on the night she disappeared and I enjoyed the slow reveal of what actually happened. Laura’s story was more complex and while I guessed fairly early on her relevance to the story I did enjoy learning more about her. Hers was definitely an emotional story and my heart went out to her as I read more about her life and what she had experienced.

I found this book very hard to put down as there always seemed to be something happening to keep my interest. The chapters are fairly short and snappy so I kept promising myself I’d read just one more chapter and then look up to see it was an hour later. I loved watching the two strands of the story coming together and figuring out who the murderer was – especially what their motives had been.

Huge thanks to Anne Cater for inviting me onto the blog tour and to Harper for my copy of this book. I read it digitally for the blog tour but bought myself a copy so I could lend it out to friends – anyone else do that?

About The Author:

I am a freelance journalist living in the South of France with my husband and two teenage children. We moved from London in 2009 so that the children could grow up bilingual and we could all ski more, and to enjoy a more relaxed pace of life.

I learned to ski on a school trip when I was 14 and have loved it ever since.

I’m an avid thriller reader and have been since I discovered Agatha Christie as a child.

The Chalet is my first published full-length novel, though I have also written several (unpublished) thrillers for teens and a (what used to be called) chick lit novel set in TV production.

Other than skiing and reading I love travel, rollercoaster, and I spend far too much time on social media. Some of my other favourite things include Alan Partridge, sparkly flip flops and salt and vinegar crisps.

You can follow me on Twitter @catherinecooper, Instagram @catherinecooperjournalist or Facebook @catherinecooperauthor