Murder Makes Waves

Jack and Frances: Book 3

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Cozy Murder Mystery, Women Sleuths, Amateur Sleuths, Historical, and Novels

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Death

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Jack and Frances — Book 3

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Jul 31, 2026

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Murder Makes Waves

Jack and Frances: Book 3

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Blurb

Masquerades. Mimosas. Murder…

1931. Frances Palmer and her Uncle Sal are hired to entertain passengers with a vaudeville show aboard the luxury liner Empress of the Sea on a Christmas voyage to England. Frances’ fiancé, Jack Sullivan, is only too glad to leave the limelight to them and instead enjoy a rare leisure and evenings with new friends.

But beneath the glittering parties and masquerades on board, dangerous secrets abound.

After a passenger is murdered following a dazzling costume ball, Frances, Jack, and Uncle Sal must use deception and their inimitable stagecraft to unmask a killer before the final curtain falls.

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Genres

Cozy Murder Mystery, Women Sleuths, Amateur Sleuths, Historical, and Novels

Trigger Warnings

Death

Type of Ending

Series

Jack and Frances — Book 3

Series Read Order

Reading prior books is not required

Author Prefers A Review On

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Number of days to read

Publication Date

Jul 31, 2026

Page Length

209 pages

Available Formats

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Author

Carmen has spent most of her life with ink on her fingers and a dangerously high pile of books and newspapers by her side.

She has worked as a newspaper reporter on two continents and always dreamt of becoming a novelist and screenwriter.

When she found herself crouched under her dining table, typing away on a novel between two earthquakes in Christchurch, New Zealand, she realised she was hooked for life.

The shaken but stirring novel made it to the longlist of the Mslexia competition, and her next book and first mystery, The Case Of The Missing Bride, was a finalist in the Malice Domestic competition in a year without a winner. Since then she has penned several more cozy mysteries, including the Jack and Frances series set in the 1930s.

Carmen now lives in Italy with her human and her four-legged family.