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On the Dionysia, the most private cruise ship at sea, there are only three rules. Every guest disembarks alive. Every companion is of age. Every pleasure is consented to. Beyond those three rules, whatever happens aboard stays aboard, and Madalena Santos, the Concierge, has spent seven years making sure it does. She is excellent at her job. She has to be. Then billionaire Clarence Buford charters the entire ship for his seventieth birthday and fills the guest list with the family who canāt wait to inherit from him. By the time the old man turns up dead, Madalena has a killer among her guests and a boat full of suspects who all have reasons and alibis. But murder isnāt the only problem. Nine teenagers boarded with the Buford party. Madalena talked herself out of the one instinct that has never once lied to her. Now those children are gone, and she is beginning to understand what her ship was really chartered to carry. The waters are closing in. The passengers are lying. And the darkest secret aboard the Dionysia is the one Madalena has been keeping since she was twelve years old. Whatever happens on the ship stays on the ship. Sheās counting on it.
On the Dionysia, the most private cruise ship at sea, there are only three rules. Every guest disembarks alive. Every companion is of age. Every pleasure is consented to. Beyond those three rules, whatever happens aboard stays aboard, and Madalena Santos, the Concierge, has spent seven years maki...
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Mags Addyman
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July 29, 2026
Did not warm to any of the characters as they were very cliched. No sympathy for any of them. Too many inconsistencies or repetitions. Struggled to finish it.
Laura Chapman
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July 29, 2026
This book is fantastic!! I made so many notes as to what is going on. Who is Mr. Anthony? Not gonna tell you. What is Vivienne's secret? Again, not going to tell you!! š This book is well worth the read and the ending will surprise you.
About the author
Sean Platt has always been an entrepreneur, but stories were the business he was born to build.
When his wife bought him a laptop for his birthday in 2007, he dropped everything to write fiction.
After a short stint as creative director at a marketing agency ā where he learned the kind of copywriting that could turn cliffhangers into an art ā Sean wrote hundreds of novels (including international bestsellers), penned Hollywood scripts, and founded Sterling & Stone, an IP incubator where more than two dozen writers turn wild ideas into world-changing stories.
Originally from Long Beach, California, Sean now lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife, Cindy, and their dog, Fisher ā both of whom remind him that real life makes the best stories.
Sean Platt has always been an entrepreneur, but stories were the business he was born to build.
When his wife bought him a laptop for his birthday in 2007, he dropped everything to write fiction.
After a short stint as creative director at a marketing agency ā where he learned the kind of copywri...
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