mary higgins clark he is in great shape. At 90 years old, he still holds his pen firmly to present novels like this one. Black like the sea. The main idea of the novel, its starting proposal has a lot of the usual plot in suspense themes, a closed space, a murder, several possible criminals and an investigation diluted between various clues that, like meanders, lead the reader towards possible solutions that they are turning and surprising.
The bet for the reader to get hooked is served as soon as Celia Kilbride gets on board the Queen Charlotte. Her performance as a renowned jeweler brings Lady Emily Haywood closer to an octogenarian potentate, the owner of invaluable jewels, including a necklace that she hopes to donate to a museum for the glory of the museum and for the dazzling of its visitors.
Lady Emily, as one might imagine considering the author's usual criminalistic tendency, ends up turning up dead. But this fact turns out to be the only predictable thing. From that moment on, a plot development unfolds that the reader cannot abandon. Among so many passengers and the ship's own crew, the motives for the crime and the parallel theft of the necklace are fired everywhere.
Ambition is a fundamental cause to commit a crime of these characteristics. Before the ship reaches port, the case must be closed so that the injustice does not end up being diluted once the ship is contained with external variables that could distort what happened.
Of course, Celia herself will be directly affected by the matter. Her search for the culprit will expose her to imminent danger. The ship as a space for claustrophobia and suspense. Absolute mimicry with Celia to live those frantic scenes towards the resolution of a case that, if not elucidated as soon as possible, could endanger Celia herself.
The sea can swallow a body without anyone noticing it. If Celia delves too deeply into the matter, if she is able to get too close to the murderer, the dark sea may turn out to be her end ...
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