In the author's words "With bleach blonde hair piled on top, an oversized pocketbook to match every outfit and an insatiable appetite for snooping, the ever curious Ms. Aggie Underhill and her friends embark on an eight day cruise to the Mexican Riviera."
Review
This author took her colorful characters, Mrs. Aggie
Underhill, private sleuth, her friends Betty and Roger, and placed them into a
tricky, complex, and entertaining plot of enjoying a cruise to the Riviera of
Mexico. She adds in colorful scenery and other details which also invite the
reader to imagine what is like to travel to Mexico, and see the wonders through
the characters’ eyes as they witness all the beauty and entertainment one
enjoys when on a cruise ship getaway.
Except in this book she takes her characters and places them
into tricky and awkward positions. Betty is attracted to the tall man Brice who
is attracted to her camera. His younger
brother, Jack the loser, is to track Pablo, who is in trouble and is looking
for help. Roger, not being sensible yet wanting to get his money's worth from
the thieves of the shipping industry, thinks of ways to ripped off the cruise
ship merchants, and he is enjoying himself immensely with that game. Anita, the
mother-in-law, is driving poor Mrs. Aggie to want do a naughty actions against
her, but she has to be the mature one. If Anita says one more tsk, Mrs. Aggie
will go over the edge.
Then there is the waitress, the stalker, the grumpy old man
with his wife, and the married couple who desired more than what each is
receiving from one another. All these characters come together and create a
delightful tale of mystery and suspense.
Meanwhile, on this trip the author introduces two shady
characters and other possible suspects. Mrs. Aggie Underhill, private sleuth,
smells trouble and starts to track the shady characters and finds clues to
verify what she thinks is the case, but she herself was also surprised with the
outcome as they all become enmeshed in a messy situation. There are hints of
adultery, back stabbing, and secrets waiting to be discovered in the darkness
of the starry twinkling diamond skies.
In this comparable but hilarious plot of an Agatha Christie
mystery, there is suspense and so many twists the reader had to take notes in
her head to figure out the case before the conclusion of the story. It was an enjoyable lite read, and for
readers who like Whodunit Mysteries with hilarious antics and tying up the case
in a nice little bundle, this and other stories written by the author are
available at Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/Michelle-Ann-Hollstein/e/B004FSAF7Q/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1
and as of Friday, August 17th One Hell of a Cruise will be free for
the weekend on Amazon Kindle. (hint,
hint) go check it out and see if this reader was correct in her choice, this is
an excellent read and 5 stars.
In the author's words
"After that, she settled down in bed to read the latest
book in her favorite mystery series. It was an in-between the numbers book. She
couldn’t wait to see what kind of mess the protagonist happened to get herself
into. A couple of chapters into the book, her eyes began to burn, the lids
feeling heavy. She reached over to switch the lamp off on the nightstand next
to her bed and finally gave into sleep. She’d just have to wait until another
time to find out how her favorite nosy literary character would get out of her
recent ordeal."
"She herself was a tall woman of 5’10 with a fairly
large build. She was by no means fat, just a good-sized woman. And Anita, well,
she was barely 5’1 with a teeny tiny frame and not to mention a killer
metabolism. Aggie figured that she had probably gained five pounds just from
watching Anita inhale all those desserts at the lunch buffet. And she wouldn’t
be surprised in the least if Anita ended up losing weight by the end of the
trip.
“Urrrr….” Aggie growled."
"Difficult, especially since she couldn’t tell them
what she was up to in case Betty accidentally spilt the beans to Brice.
And that poor boy, Pablo, he needed her help. She had to do
something to help that unfortunate boy.
Betty slumped her shoulders and scowled. She looked over at
Aggie and groaned. Aggie knew why she was sulking. It was because Brice ignored
her all evening. And even worse than that, Anita never asked for her camera
back before Brice excused himself from the dining room."
This reader highly recommends this author and her many books
in this Mrs. Aggie Underhill series; reminds this reader of the younger years
reading the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew mysteries and others like it. It was fun
to find a series to read which made one laugh yet able to use the dominant
brain cells to figure out the case. As a
bonus she also is familiar with Gluten diet and Celiac Disease is offering her
readers’ recipes to create and enjoy with this and her other books and keep
their bodies feeling well. Two deals for the price of one.
Website link: www.MichelleAnnHollstein.com
Book Trailer: http://youtu.be/AYzbF_Jbopc
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ms-Aggie-Underhill-Mysteries/172084432819333?ref=hl
Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/Mhollstein
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