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“G'DAY TO DIE by Maddy Hunter ($6.99, Pocket Books, PBO) Fifth in the Passport to Peril series Rating B
maggie m wrote this review Monday, April 14 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Emily Andrews hasn't learned from past experience, so she's destined to repeat at least some of her travel adventures. Employed as a travel escort for a group of senior citizens from Iowa, she has her hands full. Luckily her Nana is on the tour, and at times she is one of the voices of reason. This trip is to Australia, a land filled with adventure and some dangerous critters. Early in the trip, one of the many pictures Nana takes with her Polaroid insta-matic camera captures a picture of a plant that may have been extinct for many years. There are several people on the tour with an interest in Botany for research products, and when one of them dies, foul play is suspected by Emily and Nana.
Emily's trip is complicated enough with some of the most cantankerous seniors around, including the totally obnoxious Bernice. When two men who are in love with Emily start competing with each other, it makes for a test of Emily's tactfulness. Etienne, her Swiss cop, has retired she finds. Her wealthy Nana has helped him make very success full investments. Duncan Lazarus is also on the tour, and trying his best to woo Emily as well.
The tour is not just filled with seniors, and botanists. There is an Australian man with his mother, who appears to be a thousand years old. She seems confused, and keeps asking Emily if she is from the orphanage. It seems that Nora was adopted as a young girl, after being separated from a twin. Her son Heath is in the process of trying to find information on the adoption.
When Nora dies, Emily's detective instincts perk up, and she gets a real down under feel for investigation, especially when she finds someone who looks a lot like Heath.
It gets more complicated when Nora is found to have been born in 1943, and is a lot younger than she appears to be. Emily finds the murderer by accident, and is saved by both her beaus. Her decision made, I'm hoping we can expect more adventures on her honeymoon trip, though without the seniors - especially Bernice.
This book had a lot of untranslated foreign phrases, which drive me crazy. It also had a lot of dialog written phonetically to show the Australian speech. That would normally drive me crazy, but it worked for me. Guess I'm a pushover for all things from Down Under. Nana is a great character, and most of the seniors are very entertaining in small doses. Bernice is one I could live without.
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