Pineapple Cruise

A Whodunnit on the Gulf (Pineapple Port Mysteries, Book 14)

By: Amy Vansant

Narrated by: Rosemary Benson

Enter the series at any book—each is a complete stand-alone mystery!

When Mariska trades the brisket she won at “meat bingo” for three tickets on the new Gulf Voyager cruise ship, she, Darla, and our detective Charlotte enjoy a ladies' cruise to Key West. But when passengers start dropping like anchors, they find themselves afloat in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico...and a murder mystery.

Charlotte notices the victims were all sitting at their assigned dinner table...does that mean they're next?

The handsome ship's doctor is up to no good, the cruise director is shifty, the captain seems clueless, and one of their tablemates just dropped dead in her oatmeal. Charlotte thinks she can solve the mystery, but she'll need Darla's pickpocketing skills and Mariska's unusual fighting style...

Meanwhile, Declan gets an unexpected, giraffe-pattern-covered visitor while babysitting Charlotte's terrier—she plays a mean game of rummy and brought along a stalker.

Fans of Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None will love this cruise-bound caper!

©2021 Amy Vansant (P)2023 Amy Vansant

Loved it

Amy Vansant has done it again with this latest installment in the Pineapple Port Mysteries series. It’s full of all the usual characters and the mystery’s better than ever.
Rosemary Benson, as always, gave an outstanding performance as she brought this storyline to life and gave each character their own distinct voice.
I’m anxiously waiting for the next in series.

Silly Beyond Belief

While I usually enjoy mysteries involving senior citizens, this series portrays all older folks as silly, uneducated, naive - not one senior in Pineapple Port is rational and mature.

Who in their right mind would believe that anyone would trade 3 cruise tickets. even for a 3 day one to Key West, for a slab of beef? If an offer is too good to be true, it is.

Next, the cruise company is criminally negligent when passengers get deathly sick and go missing. Even though the ship is just off the coast of Florida, the crew does not send for the Coast Guard for assistance.

Of course, fiction writers take liberties with the truth, but this book is too far-fetched for adults.

Good buildup

It was a good build up but they didn’t offer any clues to allow you to guess different suspects it’s a killer reveal the same time as the condemning clue is given. Would have been more fun if they offered several different clues to several different suspects and trying to guess the killer on your own. But free book just a waste of time really