A river cruise from Amsterdam turns deadly... When a gossip blogger joins a tour party along with victims of her malicious words, there can only be one outcome! When Lady Marjorie Snellthorpe embarks on her first river cruise with companions Rachel Prince and Sarah Bradshaw, she's not expecting murder for company! It's bad enough knowing there might be a murderer among their travelling party, but then Lady Marjorie finds herself saddled with a most unwelcome guest. Edna Parkinton, Marjorie's estranged cousin-in-law is loud, brash and tells it as it is. Marjorie can't wait to be rid of her. With Rachel and Sarah intent on enjoying a holiday for once, Marjorie decides to investigate a guest's suspicious death herself. Will she find the killer before the killer finds her? Laugh out loud fun and mayhem, this prequel provides an appetising taster for the Lady Marjorie Snellthorpe series. Edna Parkinton is a welcome addition to Dawn Brookes's intriguing characters. What readers say: "I have read the whole Rachel Prince series. I loved this book. The characters are so real. Edna is a memorable character." "Just started reading - and it's already a hoot!!!!!! Gotta love Lady Marjorie!" "I decided to delay reading the Sunday paper and read Death of a Blogger instead. I loved it! So much fun having my favorite characters on a river cruise. Edna is definitely going to be fun going forward!" "Loved it. I liked they way they stayed overnight in Amsterdam. Having been on a lot of coach tours in my younger days I could relate to some passengers! I just loved Marjorie's cousin!" " Oh my goodness, I loved this book so much! Lady Marjorie has always been my favorite character of the series so I was really excited about this novel. Edna and Lady Marjorie are such opposites. It was really funny to read about them together." "Lady Marjorie is off on another adventure with her sidekicks Rachel and Sarah. Add to the mix her sister-in-law and of course a dead body." Dawn Brookes lives in Derbyshire, England and holds an MA in creative writing with distinction. She is author of the Rachel Prince Mystery series, a hugely popular cozy mystery series combining a unique blend of murder, cruising and medicine with a touch of romance. She has two other fictional series on the go. Her latest ventures are the Carlos Jacobi series and the Lady Marjorie Snellthorpe Mysteries. Carlos is a PI and his sidekick is Fiona Cook, a troubled, but likeable detective sergeant. The Lady Marjorie Snellthorpe Mysteries begins with the prequel Death of a Blogger. Ms Brookes has a 39 year nursing pedigree and has travelled extensively throughout her life. Nowadays, she loves cruise holidays and says she should do more for research purposes! Dawn brings her passion for cruises, animals and engaging characters along with a love of clean crime to her writing. The surname of the Rachel Prince protagonist is in honour of her childhood dog, 'Prince', who used to put his head on her knee while she lost herself in books. Dawn is also author of a series of memoirs. Hurry up Nurse: memoirs of nurse training in the 1970s, Hurry up Nurse 2: London calling and Hurry up Nurse 3. Dawn worked as a hospital nurse, midwife, district nurse and community matron across a thirty-nine year year career. Before turning her hand to writing for a living, she had multiple articles published in professional journals and co-edited a nurse textbook. She grew up in Leicester where her second Carlos Jacobi Book is based, later moving to London and Berkshire but now lives in Derbyshire. Dawn holds a bachelors degree with honours in community health studies, a Masters degree in education as well as her MA in Creative Writing. Writing across genres, Dawn also writes for children. Dawn has a passion for nature and loves animals, especially dogs and there has rarely been a time in her life when she hasn't had a dog. Animals will continue to feature in her children's books as she believes caring for animals and nature helps children to become kinder human beings.