Murder in the Crew Quarters: Olivia Ocean Cruise Ship Mysteries

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Published Apr 9, 2025

469 pages

Average rating: 10

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katterfly
Mar 02, 2026
10/10 stars
Olivia makes some new friends when some familiar faces take a cruise. Mallory Beck and Amber Montrose (Culinary Capers) and Tabitha Chase (Days of the Week) are onboard the Moonlit Majesty for a week of relaxing and good food. They connect immediately with Olivia over her precocious kitten, Pickles. When Olivia has Amber catsit for her, Pickles leads them straight into another mystery. Suddenly their relaxing cruise is filled with danger and intrigue.

Denise Jaden creates a wonderful crossover book that has the amateur sleuths from all her series solving a cold case that ends up being connected to Miles’s current concerns. The story unfolds with chapters alternating between Olivia’s and Tabby’s POV. For readers new to Ms. Jaden’s work, this helps to establish the characters without slowing down the momentum for her long term fans. Tabby acknowledges that she may seem crazy as she communicates with Ghost Cat as her witchy nature can’t be revealed. Olivia has only her instincts to tell her that she can trust these women she just met. Miles certainly trusts that Olivia has good instincts and Pickles has uncanny abilities, and gives more leeway to the others than he might otherwise. Mallory’s grounded and methodical approach and Amber’s youthful and brash demeanor round out the investigative team nicely. The mystery itself is well plotted and leaves you guessing. Olivia adds more people to her found family, and the groundwork is set for more crossovers in the future.

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