Murder On The Essex Express (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798274838627)

A Clara Whitmore Mystery

A scenic autumn journey. A locked-room killer. A past that refuses to stay buried.

Historian-sleuth Clara Whitmore and her eager niece Julia board the iconic Essex Steam Train for a picturesque fall foliage tour-complete with a riverboat cruise along the winding Connecticut River. But beauty turns deadly when a prominent businessman collapses mid-journey, his final toast laced with poison.

With the train halted and the riverboat isolated, Clara finds herself in her first true closed-circle mystery. Every passenger carries secrets-and some carry grudges tied to Prohibition smuggling, river commerce, and a decades-old betrayal that still stains the shoreline.

As panic spreads through the confined compartments and misty river decks, Clara must unravel a tangle of lies, coded ledgers, and buried crimes. But each revelation cuts closer to the bone, forcing her to reckon with the personal cost of chasing the truth.

Because on the Essex Express, the past isn't merely remembered-it rides along in silence... waiting for vengeance.