The Spanish Diplomats Secret, Nev March
The Spanish Diplomats Secret, Nev March
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The Spanish Diplomat's Secret
A Mystery

Author: Nev March

Narrator: Vikas Adam

Unabridged: 12 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/12/2023


Synopsis

"Vikas Adam's talent for accents is highlighted as he voices the key characters, and his pacing builds the tension." —AudioFile

This program, the third installment of Nev March's Captain Jim and Lady Diana Mysteries series, is narrated by Audie Award–winning narrator Vikas Adam. March's previous audiobook, Murder in Old Bombay, was nominated for a 2022 Mystery Audie Award

In The Spanish Diplomat's Secret, award-winning author Nev March explores the vivid nineteenth-century world of the transatlantic voyage, one passenger’s secret at a time.

Captain Jim Agnihotri and his wife Lady Diana Framji are embarking to England in the summer of 1894. Jim is hopeful the cruise will help Diana open up to him. Something is troubling her, and Jim is concerned.

On their first evening, Jim meets an intriguing Spaniard, a fellow soldier with whom he finds an instant kinship. But within twenty-four hours, Don Juan Nepomuceno is murdered, his body discovered shortly after he asks rather urgently to see Jim.

When the captain discovers that Jim is an investigator, he pleads with Jim to find the killer before they dock in Liverpool in six days, or there could be international consequences. Aboard the beleaguered luxury liner are a thousand suspects, but no witnesses to the locked-cabin crime. Jim would prefer to keep Diana safely out of his investigation, but he’s doubled over, seasick. Plus, Jim knows Diana can navigate the high society world of the ship's first-class passengers in ways he cannot.

Together, using the tricks gleaned from their favorite fictional sleuth, Sherlock Holmes, Jim and Diana must learn why one man’s life came to a murderous end.

A Macmillan Audio production from Minotaur Books.

About Nev March

NEV MARCH's writing career began when she won the Minotaur Books/Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Award for her Edgar finalist debut, Murder in Old Bombay. In 2015, leaving a long career in business analysis, she returned to her passion, writing fiction. She is presently the New York chapter President of the Mystery Writers of America and coordinator for the Hunterdon County Library writers group. She teaches creative writing at Rutgers University’s Osher Institute. A Parsi Zoroastrian herself, Nev lives with her family in New Jersey.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Blaine

Book 3 in this marvelous series by Nev Marsh follows Captain Jim and Lady Diana as they take a relaxing ocean cruise to England only to have their vacation trip interrupted by Jim's seasickness and eventually the gruesome death of a passenger onboard. The ships captain enlists Jim, who has become a......more


Quotes

“March’s gift for elevated language nicely supports the period setting. . . Familiar mystery tropes are skillfully woven into an entertaining vintage whodunit.” –Kirkus Reviews

Praise for Nev March and the Captain Jim and Lady Diana Mysteries

"An instantly likeable character whose good heart and endearing ways make him an ideal narrator.” The New York Times Book Review on Murder in Old Bombay

“If historical fiction and mystery appeal to you, don’t miss this series.” —Jersey’s Best

“Definitely recommended.” Historical Novel Society

“Fans of Rhys Bowen’s Molly Murphy series will find plenty to like.” —Publishers Weekly

“March has created the perfect armchair escape from the summer blues in Peril at the Exposition.” –BookTrib