Masquerades, mimosas ... and murder It's a dream come true for Frances Palmer: A voyage from Australia to England on the "Empress of the Sea", together with her fiancé Jack Sullivan and her Uncle Sal, aka "Salvatore the Magnificent". They've been hired to entertain the passengers with magic tricks and daring stunts. But all is not well below deck, with jealousy and larceny ruffling the cheerful atmosphere. Frances and Jack soon find themselves in stormy seas, together with newfound allies. When a passenger is found dead after a costume ball and one of Frances's new friends is accused of murder, they decide to secretly dive into the case. Nothing is plain sailing, though, against a cunning murderer. Will Jack and Frances and their friends get to the bottom of the truth, or will they sink in the sea of deception? Murder Makes Waves is the third mystery in this cozy series set in the early 1930s.

Carmen Radtke has spent most of her life with ink on her fingers and a dangerously high pile of books and newspapers by her side. She has worked as a newspaper reporter on two continents and always dreamt of becoming a novelist and screenwriter. When she found herself crouched under her dining table, typing away on a novel between two earthquakes in Christchurch, New Zealand, she realised she was hooked for life. "The Case of the Missing Bride" is a former Malice Domestic finalist, inspired by a true event. Its heroine Alyssa Chalmers will soon return in "Glittering Death". When Carmen is not writing, reading or dreaming of travel, she is busy acting as resident cat servant. She's currently working on her first contemporary crime novel. Follow Carmen on Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/profile/carmen-radtke Or on Twitter: @carmenradtke1 Her website (very much a work in progress) is carmenradtke.com