Murder on the Christmas Express
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4.1 • 8 Ratings
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- $16.99
Publisher Description
A snowbound train. A murder no one saw coming. And a former detective with one last case. On this Christmas Eve, the holiday cheer ends in blood.
From acclaimed author Alexandra Benedict comes Murder on the Christmas Express, a chilling holiday locked-room mystery that blends golden-age suspense with a sharp, modern edge. Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, Ruth Ware, and Tana French.
As the sleeper train to the Scottish Highlands plows into a blizzard and grinds to a halt, former Met Detective Roz Parker realizes the real danger isn’t outside. It’s onboard.
When a passenger is found dead, Roz is pulled into one final case. But time is running out. With the passengers trapped, cut off, and surrounded by secrets, someone is hiding a deadly truth.
This isn't the Christmas journey they planned. It's a race to uncover a killer before another passenger falls.
Praise for Murder on the Christmas Express:
"Strong prose and a bevy of plausible suspects keep things intriguing. Readers willing to embrace this Christmas story's jagged edges are in for a ripping mystery."― Publishers Weekly
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
For her surprisingly dark follow-up to 2021's The Christmas Murder Game, Benedict tears a leaf out of the Agatha Christie playbook and sets her tale on a posh locomotive full of suspicious Brits. The passengers aboard the sleeper train from London to Edinburgh for the Christmas holiday get a rude awakening when they derail in a remote, snowy section of the Scottish Highlands. Among the marooned are Roz Parker, a recently retired Metropolitan Police Detective who's on her way to visit her pregnant daughter; Mary, a self-described "crone" who's traveling with her doting son, Tony; Grant, a reality TV star; Meg, a social media influencer; and a team of college students preparing to audition for a popular quiz show. Shortly after the derailment, Meg is murdered, and Roz takes up the role of investigator, determined to ferret out the culprit before more innocent travelers die. While Benedict sticks to frothy Christie pastiche for a while, sprinkling the narrative with pub games and quizzes, cozy fans should be warned that the investigation takes a somber turn, introducing weightier-than-average themes of sexual assault into the mix. Still, strong prose and a bevy of plausible suspects keep things intriguing. Readers willing to embrace this Christmas story's jagged edges are in for a ripping mystery.
