An enjoyable, undemanding read. It's a bit lighter than Mary Stewart, or M. M. Kaye's Death in ... books, but very much in the same vein. A slightly naive young heroine gets caught up with mystery in exotic locales, and finds romance along the way. Fun, and gives a good portrayal of the rather claustrophobic nature of cruising. The child characters are well drawn too. ( )

Joanna really coveted the job: "companion for two children on a Mediterranean cruise"! But a snatch of conversation she overheard made it clear that her prospective employer intended to choose a stupid girl. Well, she could pose as a nice but silly schoolgirl - definitely best not to mention her scholarship to Oxford or her fluent Italian and French - but did she really want to step into something that sounded as though it might be dangerous? Of course she did.

By the author of the Drina books. Sounds like it is part of a series with Dancing to Danger, but isn't. ( )