It was the long awaited and much needed holiday that Stiles had been promising them all. Lizzie, Stiles and Michael board an ocean liner in New York headed to Liverpool. They would travel from London to Italy by train. Stiles wanted to show Michael where he grew up. Lizzie wants to see the wine country. And Michael just wanted to be where Stiles was. Lizzie would pretend to be Stiles widowed sister and Michael is their traveling companion, a family friend. Stiles manages to book staterooms for them side by side. He and Lizzie in one stateroom with two bedrooms and Michael in the single stateroom next door. There was even a locked through door between the rooms. Most convenient for nightly visits by either gentleman. What starts as a wonderful trip soon turns into a murder case. James Stark, a photographer, the group met while they were in Durango on a case is also on the ship. They learn he wasn't really a photographer but a con man. blackmailing more than one person on the voyage. James Stark is gruesomely murdered. But by whom? The list of suspects even includes Lizzie, Michael, and Stiles. A cast of characters, all with a reason to want James Stark dead, gather in a room where Stiles reveals...