An Edgar(R) Award Winning Series
Before the train has left the station, Victorian England's most
accomplished new detective already is on a suspect's trail, and readers
will be delighted to travel along.
Myrtle Hardcastle has no desire to go on a relaxing travel excursion
with her aunt Helena when there are More Important things to be done at
home, like keeping close tabs on criminals and murder trials.
Unfortunately, she has no say in the matter. So off Myrtle goes--with
her governess, Miss Judson, and cat, Peony, in tow--on a fabulous
private railway coach headed for the English seaside.
Myrtle is thrilled to make the acquaintance of Mrs. Bloom, a
professional insurance investigator aboard to protect the priceless
Northern Lights tiara. But before the train reaches its destination,
both the tiara and Mrs. Bloom vanish. When Myrtle arrives, she and Peony
discover a dead body in the baggage car. Someone has been murdered--with
Aunt Helena's sewing shears.
The trip is derailed, the local police are inept, and Scotland Yard is
in no rush to arrive. What's a smart, bored Young Lady of Quality
stranded in a washed-up carnival town to do but follow the evidence to
find out which of her fellow travelers is a thief and a murderer?