A European Voyage Cozy Mystery Bundle: Murder (and Baklava) (#1) and Death (and Apple Strudel)

by Blake Pierce

A bundle of MURDER (AND BAKLAVA) (Book #1) and DEATH (AND APPLE STRUDEL) (Book #2) in Blake Pierce’s European Voyage Cozy Mystery series! This bundle offers books one and two in one convenient file, with over 100,000 words of reading. In MURDER (AND BAKLAVA), when London Rose, 33, is proposed to by her long-time boyfriend, she realizes she is facing a stable, predictable, pre-determined (and passionless) life. She freaks out and runs the other way—accepting instead a job across the Atlantic, as a tour-guide on a high-end European cruise line that travels through a country a day. London is searching for a more romantic, unscripted and exciting life that she feels sure exists out there somewhere. London is the European river towns are small, historic and charming. She gets to see a new port every night, gets to sample an endless array of new cuisine and meet a stream of interesting people. It is a traveler’s dream, and it is anything but predictable. But when a wealthy, high-maintenance passenger suddenly turns up dead outside of Budapest, the cruise has become a bit too unpredictable. Even as the last person to see her alive, suspicion falls on London, leaving her no choice but to solve the crime (with her new sidekick, an orphaned dog), and save her cruise line and herself. In DEATH (AND APPLE STRUDEL), the cruise takes them into Vienna and Salzburg, home of Mozart and the birthplace of music, and all seems picture-perfect. Until, that its, their tour guide turns up dead after giving the passengers a tour of Mozart’s theatre. Suspicion falls on them. Who could have killed her? And why? Laugh-out-loud funny, romantic, endearing, rife with new sights, culture and food, THE EUROPEAN VOYAGE offers a fun and suspenseful trip through the heart of Europe, anchored in an intriguing mystery that will keep you on the edge of your seat and guessing until the very last page. Books #3-#6 are also available!

558 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 17, 2021

About the author

Blake Pierce is author of the bestselling RILEY PAGE mystery series, which includes seven books (and counting). Blake Pierce is also the author of the MACKENZIE WHITE mystery series, comprising four books (and counting); of the AVERY BLACK mystery series, comprising four books (and counting); and of the new KERI LOCKE mystery series.

An avid reader and lifelong fan of the mystery and thriller genres, Blake loves to hear from you, so please feel free to visit www.blakepierceauthor.com to learn more and stay in touch.

Reviews

[Joanne Posluszny · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked the first book more than the second. The main character was good and she was written to keep your interest…some parts were a bit of an eye roll but it was not terrible..

The second book felt a bit forced just to keep the series going . I didn’t really feel it necessary.. how many deaths on one trip can you really find plausible to discover? I did like listening to sir Reggie’s highlights in the book.

[Susan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Enjoyable, I liked the protagonist, London Rose, the cruise activity manager. She deals with a very unpleasant passenger who has brought her small dog on board and insists on taking it to stops along the cruise. At lunch with a few passengers, the unpleasant passenger is found dead at one of the stops and London discovers her bode when she was asked to look for another passengers item left behind.