Best for:
Fans of cozy mysteries.
In a nutshell:
A handful of passengers attend the soft launch of a new form of luxury travel – an airship – set for the North Pole. But someone dies, and everyone is stuck inside, possibly with a murderer.
Worth quoting:
N/A
Why I chose it:
Before setting out on holiday I usually try to buy a fun book from the airport bookstore. I was going to get the new Thursday Murder Club, but the special ‘airport’ copy was so big that I picked this one up, and I’m so glad I did!
Review:
The author’s books have been likened to Agatha Christie’s, and I can see why – a bunch of people in a closed environment, someone dead, who did it?
A company is taking a test run of a luxury airship trip to the North Pole from Svalbard. Chloe is a blogger given a chance to take the trip after something came up keeping the original travel writer from attending. Ezra, the COO, and Harold, the main founder, created the company from an idea Harold and Ezra’s late father had, and its been twenty years in the making.
I suppose minor spoiler:
The death doesn’t occur until about 2/5 of the way through the book, but the set-up all feels necessary and relevant. We get to know the characters, and we get chapters from different perspectives, which I love (seriously, not sure how I’ll handle reading a book again with only one perspective).
Hindle is a talented writer – I have such a vivid picture of the airship, the landscape, and the individuals thanks to his writing. I read the book in just over a day while on holiday, and I’ve just ordered his other three books.