A chronicle from Richard Gordon's famous Doctor series, the 1st part of this humorous narrative features Dr. Gaston Grimsdyke falling for a girl who is already engaged to one of his college chums, Basil Bauchamp. 
To stick with the girl the doc manages to get himself appointed for the post of a ship doctor on which the girl is sailing only to find Basil as a steward in the cruise. What follows are some hilarious situations in which it becomes increasingly difficult for the doc to conceal his actual motive of sailing from his friend. After this episode, the story mainly revolves around Grimsdyke's compilation of the biography of Sir Lancelot Spratt who is seen to be taking an active interest in murder cases and is thus on the lookout of murderers everywhere. Unfortunately this puts him in all sorts of embarrassing situations and Grimsdyke is also drawn into them. To make matters worse the relatives and the in-laws of Sir Spratt adds to these confusions.
On the whole, the book is an enjoyable read but at places the continuity of the humour seems a bit lacking.
To stick with the girl the doc manages to get himself appointed for the post of a ship doctor on which the girl is sailing only to find Basil as a steward in the cruise. What follows are some hilarious situations in which it becomes increasingly difficult for the doc to conceal his actual motive of sailing from his friend. After this episode, the story mainly revolves around Grimsdyke's compilation of the biography of Sir Lancelot Spratt who is seen to be taking an active interest in murder cases and is thus on the lookout of murderers everywhere. Unfortunately this puts him in all sorts of embarrassing situations and Grimsdyke is also drawn into them. To make matters worse the relatives and the in-laws of Sir Spratt adds to these confusions.On the whole, the book is an enjoyable read but at places the continuity of the humour seems a bit lacking.
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