I really enjoyed Orlando Murrin’s first book in the Paul Delamare series – Knife Skills for Beginners – so was looking forward to the sequel.
Following the events of book one where, roped in as a last-minute tutor at a London cooking school, Paul Delamare was forced to take on the role as sleuth to prove himself innocent in a murder, here Paul is on a luxury superyacht where he is writing the memoirs of X, his newly married friend. When her priceless necklace goes missing Paul once again falls under suspicion and is forced to don his sleuthing hat (and thanks to staff shortage, his galley apron to help out with a culinary crisis). Before you can say ‘Death by Chocolate’ however, things boil over like an unwatched pan into something much more serious…
Orlando Murrin’s rich and varied personal professional life (chef/ food critic and journalist/ pianist among his experience) make for playful references throughout the book and more than a few useful cooking tips...and seasickness.
Part Below Deck, part Agatha Christsea (luckily there’s no puns like that in the book) the book was a load of fun – from the oddball collection of guests on board to the ever more perilous circumstances Paul finds himself getting into with a light and humorous tone but a plot with enough twists and turns to keep the most knowledgeable crime fiction reader going.
I really like this series and can’t wait to see what comes next.

Murder and mayhem aboard a super yacht..what fun...

This is a good read and i really enjoyed it, There is a theftm a murder lots of food and touch of glamour.
It reminded me a little of the great Agatha Christie in style but for me that'sd a good thing.

The characters are great and the main character Paul really has his work cut out for him.. he has all the drama

brilliant and fun

Mystery At Sea..
Chef and writer Paul Delamare returns in this second in series and mystery at sea. Having, rather uncertainly, accepted a good friends invitation to accompany her and other guests for a stint on a luxury super yacht, Paul is riddled with problems. A valuable neckless going missing seems bad enough but the apparent theft soon dissolves into insignificance when murder rears its head. With all around him insisting that the death is nothing more than an accident, Paul dons his sleuthing hat in a bid to hunt a killer. Fun and frothy with a lively narrative, a deftly drawn cast of characters and a well imagined setting, a worthy follow on to the first in the series.