I think the cover “art” is misleading and off putting. Same with the other Ellie books that I looked at online. I’m surprised I even bought the book, because the cover made it look like a light romance and I wouldn’t have been interested in those. But I think shipboard mysteries are intriguing. I can’t say I liked Ellie. I’m not comfortable around brash people. I did admire her willingness to help others, but her last idea for solving the murder was so ridiculous and unbelievable that it’s a wonder her plan ever came to a satisfactory conclusion. Ellie’s rational mind and her personality did not jibe with her love of romance novels. I would have thought she’d be too sensible to love such rubbish, let alone want to write books like that. On another subject, I was disappointed in the author’s or editor’s inability to use the verbs lie, lay, laid etc correctly.