I am hooked on this series by David Roberts. I love the characters and the story lines - there are several - are engaging and challenging. I'd recommend all the Lord Corinth/Verity Browne mysteries to fans of Hercule, Jane and even Morse!

The book is set in 1936 and paints a great picture of life on board the Queen Mary. Everything was fine until the last few pages when the ship arrives in NY and sails under the Verrazano Bridge. Say what? The bridge opened in 1965. You have to wonder how much of the "facts" of Queen Mary and shipboard life were made up. I find it horrible that the author made such a blunder with the real facts. Completely ruined the book for me

The action in this mystery novel takes place on the maiden voyage of the liner Queen Mary, and the most interesting aspect of the book is the information that the writer provides about the ship. This is lucky because he frequently interrupts the action to take the reader on a tour of the kitchens or some other part of the naval architecture.

Otherwise I found this book boring. There's lots of action, mind you, and at stake is nothing less that the future of the western world prior to World War Two. There are characters from the highest ranks of Britain (the detective is a Lord) and Hollywood. There's lots of action, with a violent storm at sea (get the symbolism? huh?) and dead bodies all over.

I won't reveal the plot because I've forgotten it already, but as you may have guessed the western world was saved by the strength and sagacity of Milord. We are truly fortunate that the British aristocracy has produced so many fine detectives.

It's 1937, spring and the Queen Mary is crossing the atlantic, bound for the United States. Aboard is British economist Lord Benyon whose on a mission from his government to convince President Roosevelt to give Great Britain money and arms in preparation for a possible war with Germany.

Lord Edward Corinth, younger brother of the Duke of Mersham, has been asked to keep a discrete eye on Benyon, in other words to act as his unofficial body guard, as Special Branch has learned that there are forces that want to prevent Benyon from completing his mission and that they'll stop at nothing. Of course Corinth has Verity Browne on board with him, his detective sidekick from Robert's past three novels (SWEET POISON, HOLLOW CROWN and BONES OF THE BURIED) and she is the real star of the show in my opinion.

The first body is found hanging in the cold storage, very naked. The second is a rabid anti-communist, raciest American senator from South Carolina. And now we have a mystery with a boat load of first class suspects, one of whom is most definitely a killer, and is Lord Benyon still in danger? What do you think?

DANGEROUS SEA had me guessing and re-guessing as I eagerly read through the pages. Lord Benyon was sufficiently quirky with his Shakespearian and Biblical quotes, among others and Verity Browne is the kind of character that gets better with each book and this wonderful mystery gets five stars from me.

Reviewed by Vesta Irene