Lucy Stone Mystery series
Ok, I will admit it. I read this book for the cover. I did a double take and had to read it. Wouldn't you want to read it after this cover?
This is something like #17 in the series and I normally would never just jump into a series but I wasn't that interested in reading the rest until I had read this one.
Lucy Stone is the main character and joins her 3 girlfriends, Sue, Rachel & Pam to a trip to England sponsored by Winchester College. She soon finds that England may be old, but at times, not very jolly. They barely get off the ground when the tour guide, College Professor George Temple suffers an allergy attach that proves to be fatal as he dies on the way across the pond. I had to laugh when they have to leave him in his seat as it is a full flight and no where to put the body.
Others on the trip as the sad Smith family, Dr. Cope and his supposed anorexic granddaughter, Jennifer, tough and totally Goth Amber, and last but not least, fretful Laura Barfield and her "wild child" son, Will. To add some spice to all of the drama, Quentin Rea, a Professor for whom Lucy had a slight crush many years ago, is sent by the college to replace Professor Temple and escort the group to various sites of interest in London and beyond.
I think everyone knows that that Temple didn't just have an allergy attack but is really murdered. Lucy starts to suspect everyone and then wonders if it isn't really an almost Agatha Christie style "Murder on the Orient Express" but who is really responsable and why?