Murder on the Nile by Verity Bright ( A Eleanor Swift mystery)

 

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The Eleanor Swift mysteries follow a pattern. Lady Eleanor and her faithful butler generally followed by her coterie of domestics, encounter a sticky situation. In this case a voyage to the Aswan Dam in a less than luxurious craft. The other passengers are a mixed bunch of archaeologists and businessman, all of whom seem shady and who never get their stories straight.  When one murder is followed by another, particularly when Lady Eleanor’s assistance was sought by the murdered man himself, something needs to be done. There is a constraint of time followed by the fact that they are in an isolated town, far from help.

The surroundings are gorgeous, the characters range from the shifty to the quirky and the detective work is done with much flair. It takes the cozy to another level altogether.

The Eleanor Swift stories are very entertaining

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