Death on Tour (Jocelyn Shore Mystery, #1)

by Janice Hamrick

Death on Tour

Janice Hamrick

Texas high school teacher Jocelyn Shore and her cousin Kyla are on a "dream" tour of Egypt when things take a nightmarish turn: One of their fellow travelers, Millie Owens, takes a fatal fall off one of the Pyramids. And that's only the first leg of the trip...

From the jovial doctor haggling for trinkets he doesn't want to the mysterious imposter wearing someone else's clothing to the attractive stranger traveling alone, this group of tourists is carrying more than one kind of baggage. Add a mistaken identity, a priceless necklace, and another unexpected death, and Jocelyn finds herself reluctantly trying to unravel an intrigue that threatens to end not only her vacation, but her life.

• ISBN10: 1250013119
• ISBN13: 9781250013118
• Publish Date: 22 May 2012 (first published 26 April 2011)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 19 January 2017
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Minotaur Books,US
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 256
• Language: English

Reviews

[MurderByDeath]

I liked this book, it is a cozy, but isn't too frivolous or superficial. The main character goes on a tour of Egypt and one of the tour members gets killed the second day in. Of course, all her fellow tour members are acting strangely, creating a perfect gaggle of suspects. The culprits were apparent to me before chapter 5, but I enjoyed the read immensely in spite of this. The backdrop of Egypt is always interesting and Ms. Hamrick does a beautiful job with her descriptions. Most of the characters are cleverly drawn and unique. My biggest complaint is Jocelyn's travelling companion, cousin and best friend comes across as shallow, narcissistic and unlikeable, although she does pull her head out towards the end.

I'm not sure if I'll read the next book in the series or not, but I'd recommend it to anyone liking cozies and travel.