Death on the Patagonian Express
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4.5 • 2 Ratings
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- $3.99
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- $3.99
Publisher Description
Upon the breakout success of their travel agency blog, TrippyGirl, Amy Abel and her mother, Fanny, are asked to join a group of prominent travel writers on a scenic train tour of Patagonia. Their expedition seems to chug along smoothly until Fanny finds a body scavenged by condors in the wilderness. Even more unsettling, the corpse mysteriously disappears before fellow tourists arrive. Some question Fanny’s sanity, but doubt becomes horror when the tour owner’s angel investor is found dead in a similar position. As a number of “accidents” validate Amy’s suspicion of foul play, the Abels must outsmart one very conniving killer—or they’ll soon be en route to their final destination . . .
PRAISE FOR HY CONRAD
“The mother/daughter sleuths are witty and quirky, and reminiscent of Miss Marple.”
—RT Book Reviews, 4 Stars on Death on the Patagonian Express
“Smart, snappy dialogue and fun, likable characters.”
—Library Journal, starred review on Toured to Death
“An absolutely wonderful mystery, served just the way I like it—with heart and humor.”
—Tony Shalhoub, star of TV’s Monk on Toured to Death
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Conrad's uneven fourth travel mystery (after 2016's Dearly Departed) takes Amy Abel, owner of Amy's Travel, and her mother, Fanny Abel, who writes the TrippyGirl blog offering embellished stories about Amy's adventures, from New York to South America, where they join entrepreneur Jorge O'Bannion's media tour promoting the New Patagonian Express. The eight-day tour starts in Buenos Aires, where they meet O'Bannion's forbidding business partner, Lola Pisano. They later board O'Bannion's vintage train with several other travel writers for the trip to Glendaval, his large Chilean estancia, where a simple horseback ride takes a surprising turn. Fanny claims to have seen condors pecking at a woman's dead body, but when she returns to the spot, the body is gone. Fanny and Amy spend the rest of the tour looking for answers. Conrad's mother-daughter pairing never really strikes a spark, but armchair travelers should enjoy the ride.
