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 the vessel relentlessly and keeps the passengers away from the decks. Dillman is
instrumental in rescuing a crew member from being washed overboard but he is too late to save
one of the First Class passengers from the same fate. At first it looks like a case of death
by misadventure. But Dillman and Genevieve come to realise that it was an act of calculated
murder connected with the presence on board of a record shipment of gold bullion - twelve tons
in all - sent from the Bank of England.At the time of her launch the Mauretania was the
largest moving structure ever built. She would later serve as a WWI hospital and troop ship.
After returning to civilian service Mauretania was retired and scrapped in the
mid-1930s.Previously published under pseudonym Conrad Allen.
