For pretty Ohioan Joan Rogers and her two teenaged daughters, a Florida sunset cruise was a dream come true. And even though all three were desperately afaid of the water, they were so taken with friendly boat owner Oba Chandler that they gladly accepted a ride with him on beautiful Tampa Bay. Little did naive mom and two daughters know that behind Chandler's mask of a gracious host lurked a daring and ruthless ex-con, a thief and a liar, a seductive Don Juan who used and discarded wives and children. As they sun serenely sank below the Gulf of Mexico, Chandler suddenly shut down the engines, dropped anchor...and turned into a sadistic torturer. Hog-tying and brutally raping all three, Chandler tossed them overboard -- alive -- with 40-pound cement blocks tied to their necks. With cruel laughter, he spoke his last words to them: "Swim for it." But the dark green waters of Tampa Bay refused to hold his monstrous secret, and after only three days, the bodies of his victims surfaced. If it hadn't been for a dedicated team of detectives and the clues provided by Chandler's neighbors, a depraved killer might have gotten away with his ghastly crime. Instead, he now paces the floors of a Florida prision awaiting his rendezvous with the electric chair.

When the luxury liner Crystal Belle is hijacked by Black September, its owners call on INTERSECT to pay the $5,000,000 ransom and guarantee the passengers' safety. In a daring commando raid, agents board the ship and discover the murderous terrorists have planted charges and plan to blow Crystal Belle into a blazing crematorium. Their mission is all but impossible—and then a beautiful Israeli agent makes a deadly discovery!

Collects stories written by such members of the International Association of Crime Writers as Agatha Christie, Nancy Pickard, John Lutz, Piet Teigeler, Barbara Collins, Jan Burke, and John Mortimer.

Man Overboard tells the inside story of one of America's most notorious murder cases in decades, providing unprecedented insight into the death of Greenwich native George Allen Smith IV on his honeymoon. He married Jennifer Hagel in June 2005. Both of them were young and beautiful. He came from an old-line Greenwich family; she, from blue-collar Cromwell and with a reputation for being a flirt. Just eight days after their wedding, their new life together disintegrated on their Royal Caribbean honeymoon cruise. The morning after several booze-fueled melees, a gruesome blood stain traced the awning below their cabin, and George had vanished. After four years of bitter legal wrangling with both families, Royal Caribbean recently handed over its files to the FBI, which announced that Smith's murder is “very active and open.” Man Overboard provides an extraordinary look into a case that has captured the public imagination and raised provocative questions about the unregulated cruise industry, leading directly to the historic Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act signed by President Obama.

Chauncey McFadden, an erudite but low-rent detective from LA, receives a frantic phone call from the president of a Miami-based cruise line. Two employees have been killed in port, and Chauncey is hired to solve the crime and prevent further atrocities. He boards the next cruise for a two-week jaunt in the Caribbean, and brings his girlfriend along as a female operative. The portly, wisecracking Chauncey has limited homicide experience but naively accepts this job thinking it will be little more than a free vacation. Death Cruise is a riveting, fast-paced story that includes a drug-smuggling cartel with voodoo roots, a corporate takeover artist thwarted in his recent attempt to seize control of the cruise line, an international assassin for hire and a drug-smuggling operation that brought cocaine into Miami from Caribbean islands. From Jamaica to the Dominican Republic; Chauncey barely escapes three attempts on his own life and muddles through a maze of murder to solve the grisly murders. Death Cruise is a serious, literate mystery written in a humorous vein.

'Corn Bread" Sally calls on The Hobo Detective (Judge Jim Cowling) to help her solve the murder of her niece. They take a cruise on the Mississippi. Drug runners are using the Lady of Good Fortune to transport drugs up river from New Orleans. The Muddy Water Cruisers entertain them with hits songs, but death and mayhem plague the cruise ship. The Judge prefers riding the rails with his hobo friends, but Sally saved his life and he owes her a favor. So he agrees to join her on this river cruise. The river is long and the current is strong. They have many bridges to navigate, then there are the thunder storms that suddenly rock their cruise ship. But New Orleans is waiting for them with some of the finest cuisine in the world. So join them there as Jason falls in love with Nancy his young beautiful nurse. For when all is said and done....Love Is Just An Old Story....waiting to be told to someone new....someone just like you!

The book the cruise industry doesn't want you to read. A must read for anyone who has taken a cruise, is thinking about a cruise, or who works in the industry. If you are interested in information that is not contained in any guidebook, and the cruise industry would prefer you not have, you must read this book. The chapters include: The Art of Advertising and Marketing You Wouldn't Believe the Food!! You Can Squeeze Blood from a Tu ip Ship Society Ross A. Klein is academically trained as a sociologist and as a social worker. His previous writing covers a range of topics, including peace and non-violence, child abuse prevention, women and addictions and employability enhancement. He makes his home in St. John's, Newfoundland, and is a Social Work professor at Memorial University. Information about his other activities and ongoing work may be found at www.cruisejunkie.com.