Another exciting installment from the world of Anya Crichton, Forensic physician, and it didn't disappoint. The setting of a cruise ship added to the complications and difficulties of identifying and catching the murderer and the atmosphere was brilliant.
2 1/2 stars
I have read the entire Dr Anya Crichton series and feel that this is perhaps the weakest. Whilst the main characters are likable and a known entity that I feel comfortable with, the narrative for me felt a little preachy - and I think this spoilt rather than enhanced the story.
Blurb:
It feels like the safest place on earth. A family-friendly, floating palace.
Thought this book was excellent it really pulled me in, so much so that a couple of times I found myself looking for the tv program I was watching only to remember it was this book I was reading thats how engrossed in the charaters and storyline I became. I cant wait for the next book.
Definitely not a good book to read before your daughter is due to go on a cruise!.
Dr Anya Crighton and her ex are taking their son on a cruise so she can spend time with him, but the death of a teenage girl intervenes
Bit of a curate's egg this one. I enjoyed the thread dealing with the death of the girl, bad behaviour and the use of drugs to sedate young women in order to make them sexually compliant.
Cold Grave is a thrilling murder mystery, set entirely on a cruise ship. It is an atmospheric story with a topical plot, exposing common problems facing the cruising industry.
I attended a talk by the author when this book was first released. Kathryn Fox is a skilled presenter, and the disccusion of her investigations into the cruise ship industry convinced me to read the book.
Cold Grave represents the sixth book in the Anna Crichton series by Kathryn Fox and the second I've had the pleasure of reading. I thoroughly enjoyed the book, reading in just two days, another case of not wanting to put the book down due to a gripping storyline and fast paced narrative.
Intelligently plotted with well researched characters and considerable detail about the cruise world. My first Kathryn Fox book and I'll now seek and read the others with enthusiasm.
Two and a half stars.
People who read gritty crime novels will probably enjoy this book.
Australia's Kathryn Fox is, like Kathy Reichs, a doctor turned author, and in my opinion, a better writer. This book deals with issues such as the Law of the Sea, industrial and marine environmental problems associated with the burgeoning cruise industry and the appalling behaviour of certain passengers who feel they can flout moral and legal norms of conduct just because they are at sea.
Not the best in the Anya Crichton series. Less forensic thriller than previous books in the series, and from my perspective the plot meandered along without reaching any great heights.
Cold Grave by Kathryn Fox
I've followed the progress of this novelist and her character Anya Crichton with interest, partly because she's another Aussie health professional and partly because she seems to have at least partly cracked into the same league as Patricia Cornwell and a number of other authors (eg Tess Gerristen) who combine medicine and crime. Cold Grave is the latest in the series, and as with the others also has an ongoing romance/social complications in the background.
Anyone who has read my reviews before knows that I don't hand out five stars to just anyone so you know that Kathryn Fox is something special.
From the moment I opened the front cover of this book to the time I closed it I was transported into the world of Anya Crichton.
