'Dazzling' Crime Monthly<BR>'My kind of book!' Belfast Telegraph<BR>'Captivating' My Weekly Magazine<BR>'Ingenious' Crime Time<BR>'Suspenseful' Country Life Magazine<BR>_____________________________________<BR><BR>November 1924. The Endeavour sets sail to New York with 2,000 passengers - and a killer - on board .<BR><BR>When an elderly gentleman is found dead at the foot of a staircase, ship's officer Timothy Birch is ready to declare it a tragic accident. But James Temple, a strong-minded Scotland Yard inspector, is certain there is more to this misfortune than meets the eye.<BR><BR>Birch agrees to investigate, and the trail quickly leads to the theft of a priceless painting. Its very existence is known only to its owner . . . and the now dead man.<BR><BR>With just days remaining until they reach New York, and even Temple's purpose on board the Endeavour proving increasingly suspicious, Birch's search for the culprit is fraught with danger.<BR><BR>And all the while, the passengers continue to roam the ship with a killer in their midst. <BR>________________________________________________________<BR><BR>'That perfect recipe for a mystery: half the time you'll marvel at Hindle's cleverness, the other half you'll kick yourself because he's tricked you' Benjamin Stevenson<BR><BR>'Tom Hindle is one of our most exciting voices in crime fiction, with work that's consistently punchy, intriguing, original and delightful' Janice Hallett<BR><BR>'A very clever plot and a final twist which will delight Agatha Christie fans. You will love it!!!' Ragnar Jónasson<BR><BR>'With twist after gut-punching twist, A Fatal Crossing really is an ingenious thriller. Highly recommend' M. W. Craven<BR><BR>'So richly atmospheric you feel like you're on board. I haven't felt my jaw drop like that at an ending in a long time - you absolutely won't see this one coming!' Kristen Perrin<BR><BR>'It twists and turns like the best of Christie' - Peterborough Telegraph<BR><BR>'A tantalizing and captivating plot, filled with detail and texture to enhance the feeling of the halcyon days of the liners and their times' Shots Magazine<BR><BR>'The action unfolds at a rip-roaring pace in this perfectly executed homage to the Golden Age of crime, which features a deviously devised plot boasting a final twist worthy of Christie herself. I absolutely loved it' Anita Frank<BR><BR>'Twists and turns cartwheel to a blindsiding finish' Woman's Weekly<BR><BR>'My favourite westward Atlantic crossing detective novel is Peter Lovesey's The Fake Inspector Dew (1981), but A Fatal Crossing by Tom Hindle is a first-rate addition to the corpus [...] A very good debut novel' The Critic<BR><BR>Murder on Lake Garda by Tom Hindle was a no.8 Sunday Times bestseller 04/02/24
