Paul Davis MD

Cruise Ship Crime, A Medical Murder Mystery is not your ordinary mystery. The story is sometimes funny, sometimes touching, but the story of Dr. Alan Mayhew is always interesting. Dr. Mayhew is a recently widowed retired cruise ship doctor. His children decide to give him a gift - a cruise - only this time as a passenger.

The mystery revolves around the death of a ship employee, Michael. Michael's friends and lovers, and a mysterious roll of film often bring up more questions than answers. show more The doctor and friends try to put the pieces of the puzzle together. Most of the story however is the eye-opening romantic frolicking that goes on behind the scenes of a cruise ship.

The author, Dr. Paul Davis, is writing from experience as he was a ship doctor for 10 years. Reading the book was like sitting at a table with the ship's doctor and doing some "people watching". Young and old, male and female, romance is in the air on this cruise ship. My favorite story is one I had actually heard before - only in joke form. That's OK because it still fooled me until the end and I still laughed just as much. show less

This is the third book in the Cruise Ship Crime Mysteries series by Paul Davis, MD. You'll want to read them all but especially this one. There's something deep and eerie about one of the leading characters, Hedwig von Strom, which draws you in, watching his every movement. He's a bit scary.

Basically the story is about a cruise ship officer with a shady past who makes the jobs of the crew members (most importantly the cruise ship doctor) very complicated, especially when passengers start show more dying! Luckily, this does not stop the developing romance nor the humor that evolves behind the scenes on a cruise ship cruise.

Makes you want to read this on a cruise! show less

Romance, comedy and tragedy on the high seas -- it's amazing what happens on a cruise ship!

A transatlantic luxury cruise ship is the setting for Dr. Paul Davis's 2nd mystery . . . once again starring the cruise ship doctor, Alan Mayhew MD. When a code blue alert summons the doctor to an indoor badminton court, he rushes to the scene finding a man in his early 40s dead, apparently from a massive heart attack. Or is it?

A pair of women's pink panties found nearby leaves the doc wondering if show more this could be a femme fatale Kiss of Death? The doctor and the cruise ship director investigate a probable murder as a surprising plot linked to the Vatican serves up tons of twists and turns, including a ship-wide infection, a bottle of poisoned wine and a nurse with a mysterious rash.

it's a delightful book to read. show less

In Cruise Ship Crime, Dr. Alan Mayhew is a retired cruise ship doctor who’s about to go on—a cruise! He’s grieving the loss of his wife, and his family feels a cruise is just what he needs to move on—to take his mind off of missing her. Once on board, he meets some of the eclectic folks that make up the passengers and the crew including Tiffany, the beautiful cruise ship director. With her, Dr. Mayhew helps solve a series of on board crimes, including a murder.

This book will show more enthrall mystery fans, crime drama addicts, medical drama fans, and compulsive travel book readers, alike. show less