Panning for Murder is the 28th book in the Murder, She Wrote series by Donald Bain and fictional writer Jessica Fletcher based on the popular TV Show of the same name. Recommendation: If you want an easy and quick murder mystery pick it up and you will enjoy it. It made me very excited to go to Alaska and gave me some good ideas for things to do! I'm happy to have discovered this series and I will be reading more! It is clear that the author did a lot of research and likely even took the cruise himself before writing this book. I loved the descriptions of the cruise ship, the different ports, the excursions that Jessica took (whale watching, Creek Street, Misty Fjords, etc!) and just the whole book in general.
The mystery was exciting and a bit different because it was a missing persons case (Jessica goes to Alaska to help a friend find her sister, who disappeared on an Alaskan cruise), and I kept wanting to read on. The setting really played a major role in the story and shaped the characters experiences as opposed to merely being a backdrop and I loved that. It was a lot of fun to read about all the different ports of call, the glaciers that Jessica sees from her balcony, etc. This should be required reading for anyone planning to go on an Alaskan cruise! I picked this book up, having never read a Murder She Wrote book before, because I will soon be going on the exact cruise that Jessica Fletcher goes on in this book. This one is highly recommended if you have an Alaskan cruise booked. I can put the book down, grab my binoculars and scan the horizon for calving glaciers and wildlife without feeling like I must get back to my book. This slow-burn, easy reading cozy mystery is a perfect choice to sit and read while we are cruising the glaciers. I found myself searching for the locked cabinet to see if there were any clues inside! It’s so cool to visit places mentioned in the book Glacier Bay, Ketchikan, Juneau, Sitka, and Misty Fjord. Dolly’s house is now a museum with a minimal entrance fee and easy to walk to from the ship. I loved reading about the history of Creek Street and Dolly Arthur/ Thelma Copeland, so I made it a priority to take a guided walking tour when we arrived in Ketchikan. This is the first time I’ve picked up a spin off book and it was a journey back in time and a good reminder why I loved the show. A copy of this cozy mystery should be in every cabin on an Alaskan cruise! We are on a similar cruise that Jessica Fletcher sailed on in the Inside Passage to Alaska and I’m finding myself thinking about the characters and the ports of call as we wander around the ship and ashore.Īs a teenager, I used to love watching Murder, She Wrote while I was babysitting on Sunday nights.
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