Death and life are in the power of the tongue.

Alec DunBarton (aka The Singing Sleuth) and his wife, Paige, didn’t expect trouble. They had been instructed to join the Centaurus, currently on its British Isles cruise. The controller disembarked the ship without official leave, and Alec has been asked to audit his books for irregularities.

On the second night of the cruise, Vera Blythe, the president of the Greater London Titanic Club, is found dead in her cabin. She wholeheartedly supported the actions of J. Bruce Ismay, the Titanic’s infamous chairman of the White Star Line. Since Vera had the tongue of a viper, no one was surprised to learn she was poisoned.

Alec’s suspects are Agatha Jensen, an advocate for the Titanic’s first officer; Don Wilson, who prefers machines to people; Sorcha McCarthy, granddaughter of the housekeeper who had worked for the shipbuilder’s family; Neil Shepherd, a mama’s boy and Anti-Lordite; Sarah Sinclair, a shy relative of a Carpathia passenger; and Sam Warren, an urbane collector and former treasurer of the Titanic Club.

Join Alec as he learns about the Titanic’s ill-fated maiden voyage and the club members who had strong opinions about the ship’s memorable heroes and villains.