The Body on the Lido Deck: A Toni Day Mystery

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Toni is on vacation with her husband, mother and stepfather. A cruise is a great way to relax, visit, and enjoy yourself. At least that's the idea. It's a bit hard to do when you notice that you have blood dripping by you on the lido deck. It's hard to read your book when a body almost falls on you. If that's not enough to shock and scare you, it's even worse when her head falls in the pool. The body has been decapitated by the roof on lido deck...Book Review Buzz gave me the opportunity to read this book for review (thank you). It has been published and is available now on Amazon.Toni is no shrinking violet since she's a pathologist by trade. She examines the body, takes pictures, and then gets help. Things are different on cruise ships. The local police came and looked but the boat has to leave to continue the cruise. The first thing that happens is the woman's head disappears from the pool. They're not sure if they believe Toni or not. The Royal Barbados police just know she's American and they're all questionable.When the ship gets underway, she and her stepfather decide to do some investigating themselves. After all, he's retired from Scotland Yard. She looks over dead bodies for a living. They don't like mysteries and this one is a good one.There are two more deaths, bodies appear and disappear in the cooler, and everyone is a suspect. There's a long tradition within the crews of such ships that not only do the parents work there, their sons do, too. With connections to a murder 25 years ago, it seems the answer to the mystery is in the bowels of the ship. But the murderer really doesn't want to be found.There's action all the way through the story, the pace is fast, and the story flows smoothly. This is well-written and done nicely. Toni almost doesn't make it, but she does. That's good because I'm looking forward to reading more about her and her family crime solving unit.

For those who enjoy great forensic whodunits, Jane Bennett Munro's THE BODY ON THE LIDO DECK is definitely for you!Pathologist Dr. Toni Day is on a Caribbean Cruise vacation with her husband, Hal, her stepfather, Nigel, and her mother, Fiona. What begins as a lovely getaway soon takes a grisly turn. On their first night at sea, Toni's awakened by what she believes was a scream. When nothing untoward happens, she decides to go up on the Lido deck with a book and wait to watch the sunrise. Instead of seeing a rising sun, she sees a falling body plummeting toward her from the automated sunroof!! With the body on deck and a head bouncing into the pool, Toni does what she does best...begin the search for clues for identity and cause of death.Being aboard a ship owned and operated out of Britain, it helps immensely that Nigel is a former Scotland Yard detective. Using Nigel's experience and connections as the means to getting the captain's and crew's cooperation, Toni is soon immersed in investigating not one, but multiple bodies and many possible suspects with plenty of reasons for committing murder. As she gets closer to the answers however, she's getting into more dangerous territory and soon the ONLY people she can truly trust are Hal, Nigel and Fiona!!The action begins with the first page and doesn't slow down until the last page! For a reader who feels they're good at figuring out "whodunit" long before the story ends, I challenge you to figure out the culprit(s)? responsible in this page-turning read!!

Pathologist Dr. Toni Day is on a Caribbean Cruise vacation with her husband, Hal, her stepfather, Nigel, and her mother, Fiona. What What begins as a lovely getaway soon takes a grisly turn. On their first night at sea, Toni's awakened by what she believes was a scream. When nothing untoward happens, she decides to go up on the Lido deck with a book and wait to watch the sunrise. Instead of seeing a rising sun, she sees a falling body plummeting toward her from the automated sunroof!! With the body on deck and a head bouncing into the pool, Toni does what she does best...begin the search for clues for identity and cause of death.Being aboard a ship owned and operated out of Britain, it helps immensely that Nigel is a former Scotland Yard detective. Using Nigel's experience and connections as the means to getting the captain's and crew's cooperation, Toni is soon immersed in investigating not one, but multiple bodies and many possible suspects with plenty of reasons for committing murder. She soon finds herself in danger.If you like murder mystery you'll love this just like I did. Can't wait for more from this Author.

The Body on The Lido Deck is a dazzling mystery that lures readers to its depth. For fans of CSI this is definitely up your alley. There's a lot of dead body language that some might not like but goes with the territory when dealing with dead bodies. The main character, Toni Day, is very blunt. Straight forward kind of person. Her habit it to say or question things...and it may come of as rude. However, in her line of work, she has to be that way. In this particular novel, Toni was traveling on vacation with her husband and parents. As usual she finds a murder case. Except this one almost lands directly into her lap. There are plenty of suspects and as they case builds it's still hard to guess who done it. I loved the suspense and intrigue created perfectly by this writer. I have never before today, read a book by Jane Bennett Munro. After reading this tale, I have to say that I am super happy I did read it. It will keep readers questing and entertained. So many possibilities and few leads. Evidence goes missing and the main character gets into more dangerous situations as the book unfolds. Overall, I loved it. Highly recommend The Body on The Lido Deck to readers everywhere.