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A sparkling, champagne-fueled voyage where high-seas luxury meets sharp-witted sleuthing. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Death By Water.
- breezy
- luxurious
- intrigue-filled
- effervescent
- 01
Away With The Fairies
Kerry Greenwood · 2005
A sparkling, champagne-fueled romp through 1920s Melbourne that blends sharp-witted sleuthing with unapologetic glamour.
- 02
Murder in Montparnasse
Kerry Greenwood · 2005
A sparkling, champagne-fueled romp through the 1920s that hides a surprisingly tender exploration of wartime scars.
- 03
Vintage Murder
Ngaio Marsh
A classic, theatrical mystery where the drama off-stage proves far deadlier than the performance on it.
- 04
A perilous undertaking
Deanna Raybourn
A fiercely witty romp through Victorian London, fueled by crackling banter, deadly secrets, and a heroine who absolutely refuses to behave.
- 05
Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead
Elle Cosimano
A hilarious, high-stakes romp where the exhaustion of single motherhood collides with the frantic cover-up of accidental crimes.
- 06
Death on the Nile
Agatha Christie
A sun-drenched, glamorous voyage that slowly tightens into a claustrophobic web of jealousy and betrayal.
- 07
Final Curtain
Ngaio Marsh
A theatrical, champagne-soaked classic mystery where a dramatic demise gives way to a methodical unraveling of secrets.
- 08
Her Royal Spyness
Rhys Bowen · 2007
A sparkling, witty romp through 1930s London high society with a heroine who is long on titles but delightfully short on cash.
- 09
The Killings at Badger's Drift
Caroline Graham · 1996
A delightfully sharp excavation of the ugly secrets festering beneath the picture-perfect facade of an English country village.
- 10
The Saltmarsh Murders
Gladys Mitchell
A delightfully eccentric Golden Age mystery that spikes the traditional cozy village formula with Freudian psychology and macabre wit.
- 11
Aquamarine
Madeleine Ker · 1984
A sun-drenched vintage romance where a ridiculous inheritance clause sparks an irresistible, whirlwind attraction.
- 12
They Do It with Mirrors
Agatha Christie
A classic parlor mystery where nothing is as it seems and the sharpest mind in the room is the one everyone underestimates.
