Five Found Dead
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- Expected 26 Aug 2025
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- £9.99
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Publisher Description
When Meredith Penvale and her writer brother, Joe, step aboard the iconic Orient Express, they're embarking on a journey steeped in both luxury and mystery. The train, a literary legend, is a bucket-list destination for detectives and writers alike. But as the train winds through the Italian Alps, a sinister undercurrent begins to emerge.
A virus has infiltrated the train in Paris, trapping its passengers and cutting them off from the world. Then, a passenger vanishes, leaving their cabin a bloody crime scene. Suddenly, the idyllic journey turns deadly. Joe and Meredith find themselves trapped with a motley crew of detectives, each with their own secrets and agendas.
As the body count rises and the train speeds towards its destination, the siblings must unravel the mystery before they become the killer's next victim ...
PRAISE FOR SULARI GENTILL:
‘A writer’s writer, who never disappoints.’—Australian Women's Weekly
‘a true master of the genre’—The Sydney Morning Herald
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Edgar winner Gentill (The Mystery Writer) pays homage to Murder on the Orient Express in this uneven whodunit. Mystery novelist Joe Penvale and his sister, Meredith—both superfans of classic detective fiction—celebrate the remission of Joe's cancer by booking a cabin aboard the Orient Express. Secretly, Meredith hopes the setting will alleviate Joe's writer's block so he can begin his delayed second novel. Their fellow passengers include a handful of current and former police officers and two elderly women on the trail of a thief who's made off with funds belonging to their community group. Before long, a passenger disappears from a locked compartment that's drenched in blood—a puzzle that proves to be the first of five Joe and Meredith tackle as their train barrels from France to Italy. Gentill's setup is intriguing, but the solution is underbaked, and the tone veers inconsistently from wry to sincere. Golden age mystery fans intrigued by the concept would be better off with Benjamin Stevenson's Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect.
