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Reading adventures, Pt. 3: Luxury rail revival in The Main Character
As the setting for a mystery, there’s nothing as perfect as a train. A mixed cast of characters, scenic views, time pressure, and locked-room constraints make for the perfectly suspenseful read. If you throw in a “vintage” train setting, you also get the vicarious joy of true luxury travel. Stories like Murder on the Orient…
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TCO Reviews: Everyone on This Train is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson
One of my very first ARC reviews was Benjamin Stevenson’s Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone. I still remember inhaling it on the plane last year, amazed at every new twist and turn. It had been so long since a modern mystery excited me, and I felt so lucky to be reading it. And…
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Advent of Mystery, Day 6: Murder on the Christmas Express
On to our final day of Alexandra Benedict’s Christmas mysteries. Murder on the Christmas Express has a classic setup with a holiday twist: murder on a stuck train, nowhere to go, and it’s Christmas Eve. By now we know a little bit of what to expect: a lonely – and clever – protagonist, reluctant to…