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Ocean Liner Mysteries

The Ocean Liner Mysteries follow ship detectives George Dillman and Genevieve Masefield on real passenger liners between 1907 and 1910. Working discreetly among wealthy travellers, emigrants, crew members and habitual thieves, they investigate crimes aboard vessels including Lusitania, Mauretania, Caronia, Oceanic and Celtic.

Each voyage creates a closed community divided by class, nationality and access to private spaces. Theft, smuggling and murder must be solved before the ship reaches port, while the series also captures the engineering prestige, luxury and global connections of Edwardian ocean travel.

Reading order

Books in this series (8 books)

Murder on the Lusitania cover

1. Murder on the Lusitania

Edward Marston

4.5(910)

September 1907. George Dillman sets sail from Liverpool to New York on the Lusitania's maiden voyage. Posing as a passenger, Dillman is in fact an undercover detective hired by the Cunard Line to keep an eye out for petty crimes. But after some uneventful days aboard,…

Murder on the Mauretania cover

2. Murder on the Mauretania

Edward Marston

4.5(618)

November 1907. George Dillman and Genevieve Masefield sail from Liverpool on the maiden voyage of the Mauretania. While posing as a passenger George is in fact an undercover detective hired by the Cunard Line. Dillman and Genevieve endure a nightmare voyage during which severe weather batters…

Murder on the Minnesota cover

3. Murder on the Minnesota

Edward Marston

4.4(451)

New York, 1908. Private detectives George Dillman and Genevieve Masefield plan to take a break from work upon the Cunard Line’s fleet with the offer of employment upon the Minnesota, a freighter and passenger vessel, which is bound for the Far East. Although the pair are…

Murder on the Caronia cover

4. Murder on the Caronia

Edward Marston

4.5(434)

New York, 1908. While waiting to embark on the Caronia, the Cunard Line’s famous ocean liner, private detectives George Dillman and Genevieve Masefield are startled to witness the boarding of a man and woman in shackles. They discover that these prisoners are being brought back to…

Murder on the Marmora cover

5. Murder on the Marmora

Edward Marston

4.5(403)

Egypt, 1908. George Dillman and Genevieve Masefield, used to the grand opulence of the Cunard cruise line, are at first disappointed with the Marmora, a small, unimpressive ship owned by the P&O shipping line. Employed by P&O to be the ship’s detectives, Dillman and Masefield expect…

Murder on the Salsette cover

6. Murder on the Salsette

Edward Marston

4.4(429)

Bombay, 1909. Genevieve Masefield and George Dillman make a living as detectives aboard the early twentieth century's most extravagant ocean liners. From the members of first class in all their finery, to the card cheats and pickpockets plying their trade, they've experienced more than their share…

Murder on the Oceanic cover

7. Murder on the Oceanic

Edward Marston

4.4(362)

Southampton, 1910. When the Oceanic sets sail its ultimate destination is New York. But it must make one very important stop first: at Cherbourg, France to pick up internationally renowned financier and art collector J. Morgan, fresh from a continental buying spree. George Dillman and Genevieve…

Murder on the Celtic cover

8. Murder on the Celtic

Edward Marston

4.4(398)

New York, 1910. George Dillman and Genevieve Masefield have crossed the Atlantic Ocean numerous times in their capacity as ship's detectives. On several of those crossings they've had the pleasure, and in some cases the trouble, of sailing with some very famous passengers. Dukes. Duchesses. Artists.…