Escaping from Houdini by Kerri Maniscalco

I didn’t care much for this as I’m not a fan of books based on bad communication/keeping secrets. ❀ A lot of drama for a thrillerĪnother aspect of the book which disappointed me is the focus on relationship drama. Audrey Rose is still intelligent and headstrong, but she is not as likeable as I remember. I love characters who make mistakes, but I felt like in this case, these mistakes are unrealistic and forced. She and Thomas make such a great team, and I found it a bit out of character how she fell so quickly for Mephistopheles despite having a boy who truly cares about her and supports her by her side. Initially, I loved Audrey Rose, but I didn’t like how she treats Thomas in this book. This book feels different from the other works in the series, which I mostly enjoyed. I loved the suspense that comes with setting, as the characters are stuck in the middle of the Atlantic with a murderer on the loose, and the author does an excellent job creating a creepy atmosphere. On the ship is a group of circus performers, and tension rises as women are brutally murdered after every performance. This book follows Audrey Rose and Thomas as they try to catch a killer in a new setting: a cruise ship. But with clues to the next victim pointing to someone she loves, can Audrey Rose unravel the mystery before the killer's horrifying finale? It's up to Audrey Rose and Thomas to piece together the gruesome investigation as even more passengers die before reaching their destination. The disturbing influence of the Moonlight Carnival pervades the decks as the murders grow ever more freakish, with nowhere to escape except the unforgiving sea. Embarking on a week-long voyage across the Atlantic on the opulent RMS Etruria, they’re delighted to discover a traveling troupe of circus performers, fortune tellers, and a certain charismatic young escape artist entertaining the first-class passengers nightly.īut then, privileged young women begin to go missing without explanation, and a series of brutal slayings shocks the entire ship. Audrey Rose Wadsworth and her partner-in-crime-investigation, Thomas Cresswell, are en route to New York to help solve another blood-soaked mystery.

Escaping from Houdini by Kerri Maniscalco