An atmospheric, immersive WWI historical novel and locked-door murder mystery, set aboard the ill-fated RMS Lusitania ocean liner. Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie.

The ship was doomed before it ever left port. His fate was sealed before he ever stepped on board. Welcome on board the Lusitania's final voyage.

New York, 1915. RMS Lusitania, one of the world's most luxurious ocean liners, departs for war-torn Europe. Among those on board is Patrick Gallagher, a civil servant in Her Majesty's government tasked with escorting a British diplomat back to England.

When a fellow passenger is believed to have shot himself in his cabin, Gallagher is asked by the captain to investigate the scene, but one crucial detail doesn't fit. The man's body was discovered in a locked cabin with the key inside and no gun to be found. Was it really death by suicide? Or murder?

Gallagher believes one of the passengers is a deadly killer who could strike again to protect their true reasons for being on board. And all the while, the ship sails on towards Europe, where deadly submarines patrol dark waters.

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R. L. Graham is a husband-and-wife team of historians and writers with a broad range of interests in many periods of history, including the Belle Époque and the tumultuous years leading up to World War I, and the post-war re-ordering of the world. They are drawn to the shadowy world of crime, espionage, and political intrigue, and are particularly fascinated by historical mysteries, things which have happened but have no apparent explanation. Originally from Canada, they now live in a small village in Devon.