Death Sets Sail

Name: Death Sets Sail
Rating: 4.6 (8677 reviews)

by Robin Stevens Book 9 in the A Murder Most Unladylike Mystery series.

First published 2020

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Daisy and Hazel travel through Egypt on the SS Hatshepsut, expecting temples, mummies and a holiday on the Nile. Their fellow passengers include the Breath of Life, a society of wealthy British travellers who believe they are reincarnations of ancient rulers. When its commanding leader is found stabbed in her cabin, suspicion is directed towards her vulnerable daughter, and the Detective Society begins its most dangerous closed-circle investigation.

The mystery uses the confined routines of a river steamer while exposing the fantasies that privileged tourists project onto modern Egypt. Archaeological enthusiasm, spiritualism and social rank shape the passengers’ motives, but the consequences of the case are intensely personal for Daisy and Hazel. As the ninth and final main novel, Death Sets Sail brings their partnership to a crisis that tests what each girl is willing to sacrifice and what their future can become after Deepdean.