'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. ________________________________________________________ 'Tom Hindle is one of
our most exciting voices in crime fiction with work that's consistently punchy intriguing
original and delightful' Janice Hallett 'A very clever plot and a final 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
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