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Marsha & Danny Jones #1-6
SIX KILLER THRILLER NOVELS - Marsha & Danny Jones Thriller Series Books 1 - 6
Step onto the promenade deck of the Sea Empress for a cruise of a lifetime and become part of the world's greatest series of murder mysteries and thrillers in the Caribbean. Marsha and Danny Jones retired from law enforcement and thought it would be just thing to break the boredom of retirement to be security consultants to protect the Seven Seas Company's finest ship from trouble. Terrorists, killers and sinister crewmen all plan, plot and purvey their own special brands of crime & death and the only roadblock in their chosen course is the special resilience of this pair of sea cops.
Like all cruise ships, the Sea Empress sails year round, providing thrilling new mysteries and suspense for both passengers and crew alike. Your voyage here will last more than one cruise. Pour your favorite drink, suspend your disbelief, prop up your feet and enjoy.
The question remains: will Marsha and Danny be able to save the ship from harm?
Boarding now and be sure to bring your life jacket to muster stations as the Sea Empress leaves for the Caribbean in this first in the series of great sea adventures.
Content (all six book of the first season):
The Privateer Clause
Return of the Sea Empress
Follow Titanic
Follow Triangle - Vanish
Cruise Killer
Beheaded: Terror By Land, Sea & Air
Like all cruise ships, the Sea Empress sails year round, providing thrilling new mysteries and suspense for both passengers and crew alike. Your voyage here will last more than one cruise. Pour your favorite drink, suspend your disbelief, prop up your feet and enjoy.
The question remains: will Marsha and Danny be able to save the ship from harm?
Boarding now and be sure to bring your life jacket to muster stations as the Sea Empress leaves for the Caribbean in this first in the series of great sea adventures.
Content (all six book of the first season):
The Privateer Clause
Return of the Sea Empress
Follow Titanic
Follow Triangle - Vanish
Cruise Killer
Beheaded: Terror By Land, Sea & Air
- GenresThriller
617 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 12, 2015
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145 people want to read
About the author
Ken Rossignol
67 books70 followersWriting in true crime, maritime history and cruise thrillers occupies most of Ken Rossignol's time.
As a maritime history speaker, Rossignol enjoys meeting audiences around the world and discussing the original news stories of the sinking of the RMS Titanic and other maritime history topics.
In recent years Rossignol has appeared on dozens of ships in the Pacific, Atlantic, Mediterranean and Caribbean discussing the stories of the heroes of the Titanic, the explorations of the new world voyagers, the Bermuda Triangle and the history of piracy.
Rossignol appears at the Titanic Museum Attractions in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee and Branson, Missouri for book signings and to talk with visitors about the RMS Titanic.
He has appeared on Good Morning America, ABC 20/20; ABC World News Tonight and in a 2012 production of Discovery Channel Investigation Motives & Murders Series, A Body in the Bay.
News coverage of Rossignol’s landmark civil rights case, represented by Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz re: United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Rossignol v Voorhaar, 2003, included articles in most major news outlets, as well as a column by syndicated columnists James J. Kilpatrick.
The story of the St. Mary's Today newspaper is now available in ebook and paperback: The Story of THE RAG! The book includes nearly 200 editorial cartoons that appeared over the years.
A strong highway safety advocate, Rossignol also publishes the DWIHitParade.com which focuses on impaired driving and the monthly publication, The Chesapeake.
News coverage of Rossignol’s DWIHitParade won an Emmy in 2012 for WJLA reporter Jay Korff and coverage of the St. Mary’s Today newspaper by WUSA reporter Bruce Leshan was awarded an Emmy in 2000.
As a maritime history speaker, Rossignol enjoys meeting audiences around the world and discussing the original news stories of the sinking of the RMS Titanic and other maritime history topics.
In recent years Rossignol has appeared on dozens of ships in the Pacific, Atlantic, Mediterranean and Caribbean discussing the stories of the heroes of the Titanic, the explorations of the new world voyagers, the Bermuda Triangle and the history of piracy.
Rossignol appears at the Titanic Museum Attractions in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee and Branson, Missouri for book signings and to talk with visitors about the RMS Titanic.
He has appeared on Good Morning America, ABC 20/20; ABC World News Tonight and in a 2012 production of Discovery Channel Investigation Motives & Murders Series, A Body in the Bay.
News coverage of Rossignol’s landmark civil rights case, represented by Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz re: United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Rossignol v Voorhaar, 2003, included articles in most major news outlets, as well as a column by syndicated columnists James J. Kilpatrick.
The story of the St. Mary's Today newspaper is now available in ebook and paperback: The Story of THE RAG! The book includes nearly 200 editorial cartoons that appeared over the years.
A strong highway safety advocate, Rossignol also publishes the DWIHitParade.com which focuses on impaired driving and the monthly publication, The Chesapeake.
News coverage of Rossignol’s DWIHitParade won an Emmy in 2012 for WJLA reporter Jay Korff and coverage of the St. Mary’s Today newspaper by WUSA reporter Bruce Leshan was awarded an Emmy in 2000.
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April 20, 2019
Must Read Whole Series
I agree with an earlier reviewer. If you just read one or two it’s only 3 or 4. Read the whole series and it’s an easy five. Can’t say enough their varied plotting. Exciting from page to page. I’ve viven up on large ship voyaging but this series wants me to go again.
A couple of gaps in plotting. At one point one ship is going to be scrapped and aa larger, more luxurious ship floated. Never happened and never mentioned again.
Again, a couple disappears in the Bermuda Triangle. No mention what happened to them until the wife shows up with no explanation of her rescue.
All in all, a great read. Different.
I agree with an earlier reviewer. If you just read one or two it’s only 3 or 4. Read the whole series and it’s an easy five. Can’t say enough their varied plotting. Exciting from page to page. I’ve viven up on large ship voyaging but this series wants me to go again.
A couple of gaps in plotting. At one point one ship is going to be scrapped and aa larger, more luxurious ship floated. Never happened and never mentioned again.
Again, a couple disappears in the Bermuda Triangle. No mention what happened to them until the wife shows up with no explanation of her rescue.
All in all, a great read. Different.
September 8, 2017
I enjoyed the first two novels and read the third. They became formulaic, after all there is only so much mayhem that can happen on a cruise ship. I may go back sometime and read the others, but not one after the other.
December 23, 2019
I know this is fiction but I felt like I was reading a 1950 comic book. The plot? was not even close to being to being a believable story.
August 3, 2021
The Privateer Clause (235 pages): Story was a bit repetitive. Gave it a 3 Star rating.
Return of the Sea Empress (120 pages): Gave it a 3 Star rating. The second in this series, it has become a bit formulaic and the various adventures are largely happy ending pieces except for one toward the end of the story.
Follow Titanic (120 pages): Pretty Implausible. Gave it 3 stars
Follow Triangle - Vanish (102 pages): Bermuda Triangle theme. Awkward ending. Gave it 3 stars
Cruise Killer: Eleven Deadly Days (132 pages): Gave it 3 stars.
Beheaded (104 pages): Gave it 2 stars
Return of the Sea Empress (120 pages): Gave it a 3 Star rating. The second in this series, it has become a bit formulaic and the various adventures are largely happy ending pieces except for one toward the end of the story.
Follow Titanic (120 pages): Pretty Implausible. Gave it 3 stars
Follow Triangle - Vanish (102 pages): Bermuda Triangle theme. Awkward ending. Gave it 3 stars
Cruise Killer: Eleven Deadly Days (132 pages): Gave it 3 stars.
Beheaded (104 pages): Gave it 2 stars
September 5, 2016
If you like a good murder mystery, this is the bundle you should buy. These books remind me of the Thin Man films (from the 1930's), featuring detective couple Nick and Nora Charles. So if you like your murder with a side of classy, this is it.
I am especially intrigued because all of the books have a maritime theme too, as the main characters, Danny and Marsha Jones are on the security detail of the Sea Empress, a high-end cruise liner. One of my favorites in the series is Follow Titanic because in it you get to learn a lot more about the couple than in any of the other books.
Rossignol is obviously a newspaper man -- it's just in his blood from the method of writing he uses. And I thought the concept worked out fine in these books. Sometimes his writing felt choppy, but I think it got better as the series continued.
Even though I liked the setting and eeriness in the volume about the cruise through the Bermuda Triangle, I think my top pick of the collection is Cruise Killer. The premise is fascinating. With just over 3000 passengers to choose from, who is going to be picked off next?
Specifically about the final story, it is a short read, but I liked it just like it is. It's a great way to lead into the next batch of volumes he is writing about this security/detective couple.
NOTE: Something that I personally found distasteful is the "rough" language and mature topics that came up a few times throughout these stories. I don't find this appealing at all in a good story, but that's just my personal preference.
Overall? Ken Rossignol has done well with this series. And I think he can only get better from here.
I am especially intrigued because all of the books have a maritime theme too, as the main characters, Danny and Marsha Jones are on the security detail of the Sea Empress, a high-end cruise liner. One of my favorites in the series is Follow Titanic because in it you get to learn a lot more about the couple than in any of the other books.
Rossignol is obviously a newspaper man -- it's just in his blood from the method of writing he uses. And I thought the concept worked out fine in these books. Sometimes his writing felt choppy, but I think it got better as the series continued.
Even though I liked the setting and eeriness in the volume about the cruise through the Bermuda Triangle, I think my top pick of the collection is Cruise Killer. The premise is fascinating. With just over 3000 passengers to choose from, who is going to be picked off next?
Specifically about the final story, it is a short read, but I liked it just like it is. It's a great way to lead into the next batch of volumes he is writing about this security/detective couple.
NOTE: Something that I personally found distasteful is the "rough" language and mature topics that came up a few times throughout these stories. I don't find this appealing at all in a good story, but that's just my personal preference.
Overall? Ken Rossignol has done well with this series. And I think he can only get better from here.
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