Drowned Under

"e;Fans of Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum will cotton to Cyd."e; -Publishers WeeklyEggnog notwithstanding, travel agent Cyd Redondo is not looking forward to the holidays. The borough of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn-along with most of her family-holds her responsible for landing her Uncle Ray in a minimum security prison.So, when Cyd's ex-husband, Barry Manzoni, announces his parents have disappeared from an Australian cruise, she rushes Down Under to enlist the help of travel liaison and friend Harriet Archer, who offers a free cabin on the Tasmanian Dream and insider assistance with the search.Cyd's flights are delayed, so she hitches a helicopter ride to the ship-which lacks a heli-pad. She and her Balenciaga bag barely survive the harrowing drop, landing on a gorgeous man in a Speedo. When she finally makes it to her cabin, she finds Harriet dead, lying in a pool of blood.The ship's doctor/coroner-now wearing a tux instead of his Speedo-declares the death an accident. While Darling Cruises hurries to cover up the "e;unfortunate event"e; and sanitize the crime scene, Cyd scrambles to preserve evidence, terrified the murder is connected to the Manzonis' disappearance, and to prevent the heist of the world's last Tasmanian tiger.