Senior Assassin

by Sherry Fowler Chancellor

Her dreams of a trip across Europe on a luxury train hadn’t included murder… In 1937, with the clouds of war looming on the horizon, librarian Fiona Vancleave dreams of luxury train trips involving exotic places and romantic interludes. But when she wins a trip on the Orient Express, she quickly discovers that things aren’t quite as she envisioned them. While romance might be a possibility with fellow passenger, the enigmatic Winchester Barrington, IV, Fiona doesn’t know if she can trust him, especially when she finds herself suspected of murder. Alone in a foreign country, facing possible jail time or even execution is certainly not what she had in mind when she booked her trip. He’s a spy, searching for an assassin, but he hadn’t expected to find romance… Winchester Barrington, IV, scion of a wealthy Connecticut family, boards the Orient Express, ostensibly for a pleasure trip from Paris to Istanbul. In reality, he’s a spy for the United States War Department on the trail of a master assassin. His to find and capture this elusive executioner. Among a growing list of suspects, including an Oxford Don, an American entrepreneur, a Chicago gangster, and two mysterious Turkish men, Win finds himself attracted to Fiona, a shy librarian who may actually be his quarry.

256 pages, Paperback

First published September 15, 2014

Reviews

[Amanda · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great fast-paced read, Senior Assassin is a murder mystery set on a train with flavors of romance. Filled with spies, stabbings, and kisses, it was a book that I didn’t want to put down. Chancellor made me feel like I was right on the train with Fiona because of her descriptions of the train ride. I was also just as frustrated and upset as Fiona when everyone began to falsely accuse her of murder. I hope Chancellor writes a sequel, and I hope it will also be set on a train!