Travel guide Emily Andrews is escorting her usual group of Iowa senior citizens on a vacation that will again prove more exciting than anything listed in the brochure. This time the quirky gang is Down Under for a bus tour of southern Australia.
As if putting up with spiders on the loose and unusual members of the travel group, while trying to control her own unruly bunch, wasn't enough, Emily is also pursued by two suitors. Now, surely the mysterious death of one of the other travelers, a botanist, can't be murder. Or can it? From Emily's past experiences, she knows anything is possible. Not wanting to take any chances with her seniors' well-being, Emily starts investigating the death and the reasons behind it. When it is finally determined to be murder, the killer is poised to strike again.
This fifth entry in Ms. Hunter's Passport to Peril mystery series is just as exciting and hilarious as the preceding ones. It feels like revisiting old friends as we join Emily, her feisty grandmother and all the Iowa seniors, as well as the handsome Etienne, on another travel adventure. I can't wait for the next destination to be announced, so I can sign up for the trip.
Emily is preoccupied calming the group's jitters about the outback's killers, from sunstroke to snake bites. But when a fellow traveler turns up dead, Emily fears something far more toxic has struck: human greed. Someone has stumbled upon a natural wonder that could turn science on its head — was this priceless discovery the catalyst for murder? Before the dust settles, a second untimely death occurs. If Emily can't stop a killer in their tracks, this Aussie adventure just may be her last.
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