B&B hostess Judith McMonigle Flynn and her closer-than-a-sibling cousin
Renie would be crazy to turn down a free, 1930s-themed South Pacific
islands cruise aboard the magnificent San Rafael, the pride of the Cruz
Cruises fleet. Unfortunately, the fabulous pre-launch party is as far
out to sea as the passengers are likely to get, after the body of their
VIP host, Magglio Cruz, is discovered stuffed in the piano and the
cruise is cancelled.
Suddenly free to gad about San Francisco with their marooned shipmates
-- at least one of whom is possibly homicidal -- the cousins decide to
join glamorous, martini-quaffing Rick and Rhoda St. George and their
wheezy white pooch, Asthma, for a bit of amateur sleuthing. But the
route to Magglio's murderer may not be such smooth sailing. And if
Judith, Renie, and the St. Georges aren't careful, they may all end up
leaving their hearts in San Francisco . . . and the rest of their mortal
remains as well!