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The Murder Mystery Book Club #7
Peril on the Indian Pacific
** NEW WHODUNIT FROM THE QUEEN OF FEEL-GOOD CRIME **
A locked cabin. A closed circle. An illustrious passenger missing… The MURDER MYSTERY BOOK CLUB should have known better than to hold a Hen's Party on a luxury passenger train. It’s not like trains and murder don't mix.
When bride-to-be Alicia Finlay sees a body drop off the Indian Pacific in the dead of night, even her beloved Book Club think her mind is up to its usual tricks. After all, they’ve brought along not one but EIGHT iconic train mysteries to read while on an iconic train—in this case, a real-life locomotive that crosses Australia's wide brown girth.
Surely Alicia's mixing fact and fiction? Or perhaps they can blame it on all that celebratory champagne…
Soon after, a first-class passenger is reported missing and the Book Club quickly sober up. The family of "Wheat Baron” Clay Dartmoor insist he got off willingly at a remote mining town, but Alicia’s convinced Clay was pushed long before then, and his browbeaten family aren’t the only suspects.
With a cast of colourful passengers and crew to choose from, the amateur sleuths have just two days to work out whodunnit before they reach Perth and the professionals jump aboard.
What's more, they have to work out HOWDUNNIT, because the train was locked up tight when it all unfolded!
Grab your Akubra hat, book your cosy berth and snuggle in, folks, for the Book Club’s most rollicking adventure yet. It’s a locked-door, closed-circle thriller that offers twists, adventure, love and laughs while whisking you across the stunning red heart of Australia.
The seventh instalment in the best-selling cosy mystery series is one for true train(mystery)spotters. Have you read all the train mysteries on the Book Club’s list? And can you connect the dots before they reach Perth?
This series was previously titled The Agatha Christie Book Club and follows BRITISH English spelling and usage, and contains some Australian slang. Clean no graphic violence, sex, or strong language. cozy mystery, humour, amateur sleuths.
A locked cabin. A closed circle. An illustrious passenger missing… The MURDER MYSTERY BOOK CLUB should have known better than to hold a Hen's Party on a luxury passenger train. It’s not like trains and murder don't mix.
When bride-to-be Alicia Finlay sees a body drop off the Indian Pacific in the dead of night, even her beloved Book Club think her mind is up to its usual tricks. After all, they’ve brought along not one but EIGHT iconic train mysteries to read while on an iconic train—in this case, a real-life locomotive that crosses Australia's wide brown girth.
Surely Alicia's mixing fact and fiction? Or perhaps they can blame it on all that celebratory champagne…
Soon after, a first-class passenger is reported missing and the Book Club quickly sober up. The family of "Wheat Baron” Clay Dartmoor insist he got off willingly at a remote mining town, but Alicia’s convinced Clay was pushed long before then, and his browbeaten family aren’t the only suspects.
With a cast of colourful passengers and crew to choose from, the amateur sleuths have just two days to work out whodunnit before they reach Perth and the professionals jump aboard.
What's more, they have to work out HOWDUNNIT, because the train was locked up tight when it all unfolded!
Grab your Akubra hat, book your cosy berth and snuggle in, folks, for the Book Club’s most rollicking adventure yet. It’s a locked-door, closed-circle thriller that offers twists, adventure, love and laughs while whisking you across the stunning red heart of Australia.
The seventh instalment in the best-selling cosy mystery series is one for true train(mystery)spotters. Have you read all the train mysteries on the Book Club’s list? And can you connect the dots before they reach Perth?
This series was previously titled The Agatha Christie Book Club and follows BRITISH English spelling and usage, and contains some Australian slang. Clean no graphic violence, sex, or strong language. cozy mystery, humour, amateur sleuths.
- GenresCozy Mystery
243 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 30, 2024
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37 people want to read
About the author
C.A. Larmer
25 books244 followersAuthor Christina (C.A.) Larmer was born in remote Papua New Guinea where close encounters with witchdoctors and cannibal progeny (no, really), gave her a morbid taste for mystery that has culminated in more than a dozen crime novels, including four in the Amazon-bestselling Agatha Christie Book Club series, two Posthumous Mysteries, seven Ghostwriter Mysteries, a thriller/suspense, and a stand-alone novel called An Island Lost, which is set in deepest Papua—where else?
When she's not politely bumping people off (they are mostly 'cozies', folks), Christina can be found in the hinterland behind Byron Bay (Aus) where she runs an indie publishing biz, teaches, freelances, and hangs out with her muso hubby, two sons and one very cheeky Blue heeler. For news, views, calarmer.com // https://calarmer.com/blog/
When she's not politely bumping people off (they are mostly 'cozies', folks), Christina can be found in the hinterland behind Byron Bay (Aus) where she runs an indie publishing biz, teaches, freelances, and hangs out with her muso hubby, two sons and one very cheeky Blue heeler. For news, views, calarmer.com // https://calarmer.com/blog/
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Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
August 29, 2025
This mystery has the Murder Mystery Book Club travelling to Perth on the iconic train. The story unfolds during the journey, and gives a great insight into the train and the places it stops. There are plenty of possible suspects on the train, from the victim’s family to the train crew, and I found the outcome quite a surprise.
January 21, 2025
This is apparently the 7th book in the series, although I have not read the earlier offerings myself. Some reviewers have said they wish they had read the others in sequence, to get a better sense of who the protagonist gang - the Murder Mystery Book Club - are really like. This was not a problem for me. I thought the author did a good job of conveying essential character and general relationships quite well. The only problem is that there are really a LOT of characters and it takes quite a while to sort them all out. I did have a personal problem with the token male in their group, because the implication is that, since he is gay, he really can be one of the girls, right?
Apart from that, the setting, both on the train and out in the Australian outback, is very well depicted and the plot itself well-conceived and almost believable, but there were a great many red herring sub-plots that felt a bit like padding to make the story book-length.
So a pleasant enough, quick read, but not one I will likely return to.
Apart from that, the setting, both on the train and out in the Australian outback, is very well depicted and the plot itself well-conceived and almost believable, but there were a great many red herring sub-plots that felt a bit like padding to make the story book-length.
So a pleasant enough, quick read, but not one I will likely return to.
October 14, 2024
The Murder Mystery Book Club is taking a train trip to celebrate the upcoming wedding of one of their members. The early morning after departure a member is sure she saw a fellow passenger's body out the window of her compartment. Was the passenger pushed or simply fell off the train? No one seems to believe her about what she saw, but as the trip progresses they are clues and soon nearly everyone, including the crew agrees something is not right. With one day left of the trip can the club get to the bottom of whatever happened and why...
October 13, 2024
I love the murder mystery book club books. I've got to know the characters well over the last few years. Love the dynamic between them, they're from all walks of life but come together for their book club and end up being great friends. Can't wait for the next book. Hope there's lots more to come
January 26, 2025
Cute story. Not particularly sophisticated but lovely to have all the references to Agatha Christie's books. A fun easy read.
December 26, 2025
Having not raved about “Cosy Mystery” before reading this book (as it is the first book in this series that I’ve read, albeit the latest of seven in this series) I have been converted.
The attraction to purchase it was for a friend, a retired librarian, who is about to embark on this iconic train trip who I thought could be gifted this book to read whilst on the train.
It has all the characters, the Locked Room, and amateur sleuths from a book club. It had everything you need to make this book riveting, enjoyable and enough “red Herrings” to keep you intrigued.
The attraction to purchase it was for a friend, a retired librarian, who is about to embark on this iconic train trip who I thought could be gifted this book to read whilst on the train.
It has all the characters, the Locked Room, and amateur sleuths from a book club. It had everything you need to make this book riveting, enjoyable and enough “red Herrings” to keep you intrigued.
Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews