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Elizabeth Sails

by Kristin Owens
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For fans of The Bookish Life of Nina Hill and The Jetsetters, Elizabeth Sails is a shipboard cozy mystery that features an unintended quest for self-discovery, forgiveness, and an awesome buffet.
Beth Schiff ghostwrites autobiographies for politicians, despite her own life not warranting a footnote. Excitement for her is re-watching classic movies with a Whitman's Sampler. But when her adventurous Aunt Ethel dies, Beth must scramble out of her comfy sweatpants and into some Spanx to find the missing will aboard a luxury cruise ship.

Figuring out which fork to use at dinner becomes the least of Beth's worries. The will isn't lost ... it's hidden. Aunt Ethel has devised an elaborate scavenger hunt, and each port stop forces Beth to confront her list of insecurities to get the next clue. If she fails, Ethel's millions will revert to a much-hated relative, Max, who is responsible for her dismantled family.

When someone starts trying to sabotage her search, the game becomes personal and her energetic septuagenarian tablemates rally to help. But Beth must make the puzzle pieces fit before the cruise ends or Max will get his greedy hands on the money destined for charities.

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    October 8, 2024

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      • ISBN: 9781998076574

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      • ISBN: 9781998076574
      • File size: 811 KB

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    • English

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      September 27, 2024
      Beth Schiff is living a reclusive life in New York City, ghostwriting memoirs for politicians, when she receives a letter from a lawyer with the news that her aunt Ethel had died aboard a Cunard liner. Aunt Ethel had always provided experiences rather than lavish gifts to her only nieces, Beth and her estranged sister, so a quick inheritance is not a given. Then, Ethel's will, the lawyer reports, is not to be found and her greedy stepson is already making moves to challenge it. So, true to Ethel's penchant for experiences, Beth is sent on an all-expenses paid voyage to the Canary Islands and Portugal in a quest to find the will, believed to be hidden aboard the ship, or maybe on shore at one of the ports of call. What follows is part mystery, part travelogue, and part scavenger hunt and all-around great fun. In this debut novel, Owens accurately depicts life aboard a luxury ship, with memorable fellow passengers who welcome the writer to their shared table and cheer her on in her quest.

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