Rush, that was really a great rundown and without a "spoiler alert"...well done! I'm surely gonna order a copy.
I'd like to ask if you would mind me using your review as a "GUEST POST" for my September 1st, blog on thepostmanonholiday.com? So the title of September 1st would be something like:
Book Review: "Charlie Chan's Luxury Cruise." Guest post by Rush Glick
Then It'd follow with a short bio and pic of yourself, like this:
https://mysteryreadersinc.blogspot.com/2023/06/an-accidental-experience-leads-to-novel.html
If you'd rather not, no worries. It's just such a good review and I think readers would love to hear about it from a master like yourself.
Out of sheer curiosity, did you order this books in hardback, paperback or kindle format? I'm thinking ordering it but want to figure out if the quality of printing "rates" a hardcover format and pricing.
Henry, I haven't read the book yet, but I did get my copy of the paperback edition to read.
I must say the book's text is rather "light" and the book cover is rather grainy. That can happen if the author doesn't preorder an actual printed copy to review in hand.
Copies of manuscripts that one views online, or on a computer, may look fine. But it's always best to order a hard copy to see what the end result will look like. I'm guessing the author designed the covers and I don't believe the book was professionally reviewed (i.e. new chapters should never start on a left-hand side page, professionally at least, etc.).
However, with that said reading Rush's review it sounds like a good read and I'm anxious to open it and dig in.
