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Murder on the Lusitania
Customer Reviews — [1] Rating: 4 Date: 2006-06-20 Summary: Classy mystery with snappy dialogue ... Murder on the Lusitania by Conrad Allen is the first book in the Shipboard Mystery series starring George Porter Dillman and Genevieve Masefield. Dillman is hired as security by the owners of the Lusitania to make sure that her maiden voyage goes smoothly. His job is to fit in and keep any crimes to a minimum, but when some blueprints show up missing, an annoying reporter turns up dead, and a Stradivarius is stolen, everyone's secrets start coming out and Dillman has more than he bargained for. This book is full of ...more
[2] Rating: 5 Date: 2009-03-12 Summary: Lets go cruising ... In this debut novel of a series based on famous ocean liners, it is 1907 and former Pinkerton detective George Porter Dillman is on the maiden voyage of the latest star of the Cunard line. He has been hired to be an undercover security agent for the line, keeping the passengers, particularly the ultra wealthy First Class passengers safe from card sharks, pickpockets, petty thefts and con artists while on board. Dillman has been alerted to the presence of an infamous card shark on the passenger list but other persons ...more
[3] Rating: 5 Date: 2006-09-04 Summary: Very good mystery with a fantastic setting ... I picked up Conrad Allen's Murder on the Lusitania on a whim and I was not disappointed. The setting is fantastic with Allen's descriptions of life aboard the maiden voyage of the Lusitania, and the characters are just as fascinating. Following a large contingent of first class passengers we meet The Rymers, the Tolley's and a pushy journalist Bancroft; we learn what the good life aboard a luxury liner is all about. Following the Ship's detective, George Porter Dillman, who is posing as a first class passenger, we ...more
Editorial Reviews — ... Product Description | September 1907. George Porter Dillman sets sail from Liverpool on the New York-bound Lusitania for its maiden voyage. Hired by the ship's captain to pose as a passenger, George is in fact sailing the high seas as a private detective for the Cunard Line. While on board, he expects only to deal with petty crimes--some random vandalism and a scuffle or two in the bar, most likely. But then the ship's blueprints are stolen from the chief engineer's room and a man is killed in his cabin. The...more

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