Recently married to her crime-solving partner, Detective Sergeant Matt Devlin, onetime debutante Brooke looks forward to her new life in Manhattan. But first her wealthy aunt insists that the Devlins have a proper honeymoon. The newlyweds find themselves sailing toward an idyllic month in England, ensconced in a suite deluxe aboard the majestic liner S.S. New York, a virtual floating city. They savor all the pleasures of a luxurious ocean cruise circa 1897... until their honeymoon is interrupted by the disappearance of a prominent financier. No less a personage than distinguished banker and fellow passenger J.P. Morgan insists that Matt investigate. It is 1897 and newlyweds Brooke and Matt Devlin are relaxing aboard the S.S. New York, when fellow passenger J.P. Morgan asks the crime-solving duo to investigate the disappearance of another prominent financier. With a full register of high-society suspects, Brooke and Matt must sort out a tangled web of perplexing clues and misleading motives before they can force a devilishly clever killer to pay the full fare for murder.