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Second Sitting (Casey Jones Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Stella Whitelaw (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 27 ratings
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What could go wrong on a cruise in the sun?



Countess Georgina was a beautiful cruise ship, and Casey Jones, the Entertainment Director was looking forward to enjoying the Caribbean cruise on this luxury liner.

Casey’s days and nights are an endless stream of introducing guest speakers, placating prima donna singers and organizing feather-clad chorus girls. This is what she expected and what she was ready for.

As the first big party on board the ship looms, Casey, dressed in her finest, prepares to ensure the passengers stuck to their allocated sittings. It was common for people to want to attend both the first and second sitting. But there was no getting past Casey!

When Mr Foster collapses and dies at table two at the second sitting, his death is attributed to natural causes, a heart attack. Dr Samuel Mallory, the Cruise Doctor attends, and is instantly drawn to the new Entertainment Director.

Up to her eyes with entertainment issues, Casey has little time for Dr. Mallory’s advances. Smooth and silk, he captures the attention of many women on board, much to Casey’s relief. Her career depends on her level of professionalism, she cannot afford to let anything slip.

Merlin the Magician, aka Reg Hawkins cannot perform without his box of props and tricks. Casey goes on the hunt, only to find Reg missing on her return, without his box. Panic sets in … she must find Reg and the box or the show won’t go on … but what she is left to deal with is far more serious than she anticipated …

As a stream of sinister events start to unfold, Casey is left troubled. She is the Entertainment Director, not a private investigator, but she finds herself drawn into investigating the series of deaths and other mishaps.

On board the cruise ship is a killer, one who is determined to eliminate anyone who gets in their way. But is this person working alone? Casey isn’t sure. The turn of events sets her nerves on edge … her life is in danger, of that she is certain … but why?


About the author:



Stella Whitelaw is a British writer and journalist. Her excellence in journalism led to being awarded an MBE in 2001. Her career also includes being Secretary to the Parliamentary Press Gallery at the House of Commons. Her works include both fiction and non-fiction and she has also written several short stories in women’s magazines.
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    Casey Jones
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Whitelaw began her writing career as a cub reporter on a newspaper and becme the youngest female chief reporter in London. She has had over thirty novels published, as well as approximately 230 short stories.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B073S8YYXJ
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Lume Books (July 6, 2017)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 6, 2017
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1539 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
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  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 257 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 27 ratings

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4.2 out of 5 stars
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Lynn
5.0 out of 5 stars Fun book!
Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2012
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The cruise ship setting for this murder mystery/comedy/light romance was perfect. Casey Jones, the entertainment director on the Countess Georgina, gets herself into a number of comical misadventures on this cruise through the Caribbean. Dr. Mallory, the handsome cruise ship doctor, always manages to show up at just the right time to to help get Casey out of hot water.

The author did a fantastic job describing the ship and the ports of call. There were a number of interesting characters in this story and the author developed each of them quite well. Estelle Grayson was a hoot. Her singing career had cooled years ago, but she was still quite the demanding diva as a "has been" lounge singer on this cruise.

I'm not sure what issues the previous rater had with this book. The author is British and the book was printed in Great Britain. As such, British slang and British spelling is used throughout the book. Having visited England a number of times, that only added to my enjoyment of this book.

I had a great time taking this cruise with Casey Jones, Dr. Mallory and the rest of the passengers and crew on the Countess Georgina. I was kept guessing "who dunnit" right up until the end. I already have the next book in the series and can't wait to cruise through the Med with Casey and company. I will soon be ordering the third book in this series. Great fun......I wish there were 20 books in this series! I definitely hope this series doesn't end with just the three current books.
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Bookaholic
4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable mystery
Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2018
This book was a little hard to follow at first but then I got in th groove of it. It was very British so as an American I had to look up some words. Well written but a bit long.
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Susan
1.0 out of 5 stars Unreadable
Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2011
I was looking forward to starting a new mystery series set on a cruise ship. What a disappointment! The grammar is so bad, starting at the first sentence and continuing through the first 10 pages, that I cannot stand to read the book. The author clearly did not have the advantage of a skilled editor to improve her book before publishing.
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F Booth
5.0 out of 5 stars Don't miss the Casey Jones series...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 25, 2021
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Second Sitting is the first of three ocean-going adventures featuring cruise line entertainments director Casey Jones. I have read all three in e-book editions, almost one after the other, and just hope there will be more. (For some unknown reason I had several difficulties in completing this review. Earlier attempts just vanished. So if the final edition includes incomplete sentences, etc., I apologise in advance to the author and anyone else who stumbles upon these words).
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4.0 out of 5 stars Light reading, enjoyable.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 31, 2018
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Accurate and interesting, if you have been on a cruise you will know and to add to the interest was it murder, are there more to come. The writer entrap you and you want to know the answer.
good read with the promise of 2 more books in the series, light just as you wanted sunning yourself on the deck. Enjoy
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5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect mindless armchair escapism
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 23, 2010
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Just delicious - like a strawberry icecream on a hot,sunny day.

I thoroughly enjoyed the blatant escapism of this first in a series. Beautiful, likeable, strong-minded heroine in Cruise Entertainment Director Casey Jones; tall, dark and handsome doctor hero; dreamy clothes; armchair travelogue... an idyll, even with the perfunctory murder plot.

The rather clunky mystery served just about adequately as a thin peg to hang the descriptions of lovely clothes, stunning scenery and flirtations with beautiful people on a cruise around the Caribbean.

There's no sex at all, just a flirty, rocky road to possible romance. Will the heroine fall for the hero? Read it and see.

There's a rather touching and slightly old-fashioned 1950's-style innocence about it all (even with mobile phones).

Looking forward to reading the next two in the series (although both are surprisingly expensive - maybe the library would be a better bet until prices come down or paperbacks come out).
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