The Emerald's Shadow

The maiden voyage of the HMS Leviathan promised Eleanor Vance her big break: an exposé on the Edwardian elite. Instead, she finds herself staring at a dead lord and a vanished emerald, trapped on a luxurious liner where every passenger is a suspect and every secret could be a clue. Her ambition for truth now puts her directly in the killer's path. As the Leviathan cuts across the Atlantic, Eleanor uncovers a glittering world of long-held grudges, illicit affairs, and a conspiracy far more sinister than a simple jewel heist. Navigating the rigid social hierarchies, she races against time, knowing the murderer is still among them, and the evidence could be lost to the depths at any moment. With a charming, enigmatic fellow passenger, Arthur Finch, blurring the lines between ally and suspect, Eleanor must distinguish friend from foe. Every whispered secret and veiled glance draws her deeper into a web of deceit where privilege hides a dark underbelly, and the truth could be deadly. Will Eleanor expose the killer before the ship reaches port and the secrets are buried forever, or will she become the next victim to fall beneath the Emerald's Shadow?