Misfortune (and Gouda) is book four in a new charming cozy-mystery series by number-one best-selling author Blake Pierce, whose Once Gone has over 1,500 five-star reviews. The series begins with the first book Murder (and Baklava).

When London Rose, 33, is proposed to by her longtime boyfriend, she realizes she is facing a stable, predictable, pre-determined (and passionless) life. She freaks out and runs the other way - accepting instead a job across the Atlantic, as a tour-guide on a high-end European cruise line that travels through a country a day. London is searching for a more romantic, unscripted, and exciting life that she feels sure exists out there somewhere.

London is elated: The European river towns are small, historic, and charming. She gets to see a new port every night, gets to sample an endless array of new cuisine, and meet a stream of interesting people. It is a traveler’s dream, and it is anything but predictable.

In book four, Misfortune (and Gouda), they cruise into Amsterdam, the land of Van Gogh, with its gorgeous canals, flower-filled fields, and exquisite cuisine. But when London discovers a dead body floating in a canal, she, the only suspect, must clear her name. A baffling mystery ensues, taking London all the way from the world of Dutch museums to the murky streets of its Red Light district.

Laugh-out-loud funny, romantic, endearing, rife with new sights, culture, and food, The European Voyage cozy series offers a fun and suspenseful trip through the heart of Europe, anchored in an intriguing mystery that will keep you on the edge of your seat and guessing until the very last word.