Spotlight on The Curious Cargo of Bones

My new book in the CRUISE SHIP CRIME MYSTERIES series was published in March. If you haven’t read it yet, you can pick up a copy on amazon.com. I’d love to hear your comments.

This tight, fast-paced mystery tests the heroes’ sleuthing abilities to the limit and deftly balances comedy, romance and tragedy.

A transatlantic luxury cruise ship provides the exclusive scene of the crime in Paul Davis’s second mystery, starring Dr. Alan Mayhew, the ship’s doctor and, by chance, murder mystery sleuth. When a code blue alert summons the doctor to an indoor badminton court, he rushes to the scene finding a man in his early 40’s dead, apparently from a massive heart attack. A pair of women’s pink lacey panties found nearby leaves the doc wondering if this could be a femme fatale Kiss of Death? The beautiful cruise ship director, Tiffany Sylvan, once again joins the doctor in investigating a probable murder as a surprising plot linked to the Vatican serves up multiple twists and turns — including a ship wide infection, a bottle of poisoned wine, and a nurse with a mysterious rash.

Paul Davis seamlessly bridges a unique mystery with the humor and romance inherent in the workings of a cruise ship – a must read.
-Ruben Adams, International Mystery Writers Reviews

Dr Davis nimbly blends sharp wit with unapologetic emotion and humor in an awesome murder mystery. -Peter Greene, The British Mystery Reader

 

 

 

March 2013

Rosen Shingle Creek Resort

I’m presently at a Doctor’s Convention in Orlando, Florida, staying at the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort. We’re all in awe of the great big Spanish Revival style hotel and its high-carved arches, which offers 1,501 guest rooms and suites, and 445,000 square feet of dedicated, flexible meeting/event space. I’m told that the hotel sits on a 230-acre natural environment, which includes a backdrop of dense oaks and pines along historic Shingle Creek and is the headwaters of the Florida Everglades.

It’s in one of these Exhibit Halls at the Convention Center that I will be giving author talks about my two Cruise Ship Crime Murder Mysteries: A Medical Murder Mystery and The Curious Cargo of Bones. I’ll also introduce readers to my new non-fiction book, Baby Boomer Longevity: Strategies to Transform Your Health.

-Doc