The Detective’s Guide to Ocean Travel by Nicki Greenberg
About Nicki Greenberg
Nicki Greenberg is an award-winning author and illustrator of more than thirty books including works of fiction, picture books and graphic novels. Her first series of picture books was published when she was just fifteen years old. She later spent ten years disguised as a lawyer while maintaining a not-so-secret Other Life as a comics artist and children’s book author. Nicki’s innovative graphic adaptation of The Great Gatsby was awarded a White Raven at the Bologna Book Fair, and her adaptation of Hamlet was joint winner of the 2011 Children’s Book Council of Australia Picture Book of the Year award. For further information:
A Quote from Nicki Greenberg
“I am thrilled to be long-listed for the ARA CYA Historical Novel Prize. This book was my first foray into both historical fiction and mystery writing, and probably the most fascinating, challenging and exciting experience of my writing career. The golden age of transatlantic travel is a vanished world: the ships themselves have completely disappeared, and surprisingly few fragments remain of the millions of stories that played out on board. Researching that world, I felt a yearning for what had been lost. That feeling spurred me on to glean all the bright threads - of vernacular, technology, music, fashion, manners and mores - that I hoped would bring the story to life and make it sing.”
About The Detective’s Guide to Ocean Travel
For as long as she can remember, Pepper Stark has wanted one thing: to join her father, the Captain, aboard the magnificent RMS Aquitania on a voyage to New York. She has never been allowed to set foot on her father’s ship – until now.
From the decadent food to the star-studded passenger list, travelling First Class on Aquitania is every bit as glamorous as Pepper had imagined. And most dazzling of all is American stage sensation Perdita West, wearing the world-famous Saffron Diamond around her neck. When the priceless jewel disappears mid-voyage, Pepper unexpectedly finds herself entangled in the crime.
With the Captain’s reputation at stake, Pepper and her new friends set out to solve the mystery. But finding a missing diamond isn’t so easy on Aquitania, where everyone has something to hide …
