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2025 ____________________________________ 'Dazzling' Crime Monthly 'My kind of book!'
Belfast Telegraph 'Captivating' My Weekly Magazine 'Ingenious' Crime Time 'Suspenseful '
Country Life Magazine _____________________________________ November 1924. The Endeavour
sets sail to New York with 2 000 passengers - and a killer - on board . When an elderly
gentleman is found dead at the foot of a staircase ship's officer Timothy Birch is ready to
declare it a tragic accident. But James Temple a strong-minded Scotland Yard inspector is
certain there is more to this misfortune than meets the eye. Birch agrees to investigate and
the trail quickly leads to the theft of a priceless painting. Its very existence is known only
to its owner . . . and the now dead man. With just days remaining until they reach New York
and even Temple's purpose on board the Endeavour proving increasingly suspicious Birch's
search for the culprit is fraught with danger. And all the while the passengers continue to
roam the ship with a killer in their midst.
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twist which will delight Agatha Christie fans. You will love it!!!' Ragnar Jónasson 'With
twist after gut-punching twist A Fatal Crossing really is an ingenious thriller. Highly
recommend' M. W. Craven 'It twists and turns like the best of Christie' - Peterborough
Telegraph 'A tantalizing and captivating plot filled with detail and texture to enhance the
feeling of the halcyon days of the liners and their times' Shots Magazine 'The action unfolds
at a rip-roaring pace in this perfectly executed homage to the Golden Age of crime which
features a deviously devised plot boasting a final twist worthy of Christie herself. I
absolutely loved it' Anita Frank ' Twists and turns cartwheel to a blindsiding finish' Woman's
Weekly 'My favourite westward Atlantic crossing detective novel is Peter Lovesey's The Fake
Inspector Dew (1981) but A Fatal Crossing by Tom Hindle is a first-rate addition to the corpus
[...] A very good debut novel' The Critic Murder on Lake Garda by Tom Hindle was a no.8 Sunday
Times bestseller 04 02 24
