ISBN: 978-1501132957
Publish Date: July 19th 2016
Read Date: 05/03/2018- 05/05/2018
If you thought you witnessed a murder, how far would you go to solve it? What if no one listened?
Small-time journalist Laura (Lo) Blacklock, is handed the opportunity of a lifetime when her pregnant boss gives her the chance to cover the maiden voyage of the expensive and exclusive cruise ship, 'The Aurora'. With only 10 cabins on board, The Aurora is set to give you most of the experiences of a luxury cruise line with more privacy.
Without sleep and hungover, Lo finds herself on board the Aurora and being ushered to her cabin. The first night on board, Lo is desperate to network but realizes that in her hasty packing she failed to bring every girls make up best friend, mascara. She decides to take a chance and pop over to the cabin next to hers to see if she can borrow some. After knocking on the door the woman in cabin 10 (hey there look at that !!!) answers the door seemingly surprised to see Lo. The woman practically throws the mascara at her and rushes her away.
Sometime throughout the night Lo is awakened by what she believes was a scream and a splash. Confused by the noise, Lo goes out to the veranda to take a quick look. She sees no one so she checks the veranda of the cabin next door where she doesn't see any people, but she does see a blood smear on the sliding door. Now convinced a murder has taken place, Lo is on the hunt for answers. She advises the head of security of what she saw and heard. He seems puzzled because Cabin 10 is supposed to be empty. The guest assigned to that cabin, did not make the trip.
Determined to prove she was right and something happened in that cabin, Lo is traipsed around the entire ship going person to person on board to find her mystery mascara giver. After everyone on board has been checked, and mystery woman still not found, security begins trying to poke holes in Lo's story. Still slightly hungover, Lo begins to wonder if it was in fact all in her head.
Then, the mascara goes missing.. Has Lo gone crazy, is the mixture of her depression/ anxiety medication and alcohol making her imagine things? Unknown to Lo at the time, her story is just beginning.
Lo begins to have strange occurrences around her, strange writing on a steamed bathroom mirror and everyone trying to convince her she is wrong. Ultimately, convinced she is not going crazy, she tells her story to anyone who will listen. Someone has to know about the missing girl after all. Right? Lo makes the decision to notify the police at the first docking stop.
The evening before the Aurora is scheduled to dock for the first stop of the trip, Lo believes she sees her mystery woman. She exits her cabin to follow her, only she doesn't find her. Lo is knocked out and awakens in an all white windowless room at the bottom of the ship, under the water line. She soon realizes that she is unable to escape the room, the only contact with anyone is the hand opening the door just enough to shove her food tray inside.
While trying to fight her way out, her captor is revealed. She learns her captor isn't alone. Still, Lo is determined to make it out alive.
With the discovery of 2 bodies in the water, will we finally know who was murdered? And will Lo make it out alive?
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