Publication Date: June 17, 2025
A luxurious yacht, a gorgeous crew with secrets and rivalries…and murder! I Did Warn Her is a cunning locked room mystery set on a billionaire’s yacht, by the author of last year’s sensation She Started It.
The Ophelia is your typical billionaire yacht: ridiculously luxurious, owned by a ruthless money man, and staffed by a crew whose only job is to indulge the guests’ every wish.
Model-gorgeous Sasha is a last-minute hire for a weeklong Atlantic crossing. She joins fellow stewardesses Jade, Imogen, Euphemia, and Lola. The Ophelia’s stewardesses are almost identical—blonde and model-gorgeous—and all were lured to the Ophelia by high wages and a chance to leave their problems behind when they set sail. But despite its sleek opulence, the Ophelia isn’t as heavenly as it seems. A stewardess on the previous charter died under mysterious circumstances, the guests’ expensive jewelry keeps disappearing, and the crew grows steadily more and more suspicious of one another.
Then the yacht’s owner brings aboard his best friend and two more women, also beautiful. Also hiding something.
When a crew member turns up dead after a night of partying, everyone on the yacht is a suspect. Who is the jewel thief? Who is the murderer? What will happen when the lights go out, and the crew and the guests are finally on equal footing?
Endlessly twisty and delightfully voyeuristic, I Did Warn Her is a whodunnit on the high seas, where the dark secrets of the ultra-wealthy have nowhere to hide.
What starts out as a trip aboard a luxury yacht soon turns into a dreadful nightmare for all involved.
Author Sian Gilbert sets the stage for the adventure in I Did Warn Her. While Sasha, a new stewardess, is the primary main character, the story unfolds from different viewpoints.
This particular super yacht may feature all of the amenities a person could desire, but there is something sinister under the surface. As a playground for an elite clientele, the five lookalike stewardesses find themselves dealing with petty jealousy while navigating their own secrets.
The stakes get higher when a crew member dies after a big party. Couple that with guest reports of missing jewelry, and everyone becomes a suspect. Sasha is there to discover what happened to her friend who had been on a previous trip.
The author drops clues along the way, maintaining a high level of unpredictability. Given that the yacht is at sea when things transpire, no one can hide. As the body count rises and secrets are exposed, there’s only one thing that could make things worse.
I Did Warn Her packs mystery and intrigue into an unforgettable super yacht adventure.
Sian Gilbert is the author of She Started It. She was born in Bristol, UK, and studied history at the University of Warwick, before teaching at a comprehensive school in Birmingham for almost five years. She now lives in Cambridge with her partner.
