Train Song: A Novel of Suspense

by Jo Allison

In 1911, the fastest trip from San Francisco to St. Louis takes four days—every one of them potentially deadly for two honeymooners.

In April 1911, Julia Nye McConnell has enjoyed a delayed honeymoon with her husband, William, who is reporting on the rebuilding of San Francisco five years after the Great Earthquake. As they prepare for the return trip to St. Louis, William receives a death threat. The pair searches their pasts and William’s immediate reporting for possible enemies. Back in St. Louis, their friend Carl Schroeder begins his own investigation amidst complicating circumstances.

Then a man high on Julia’s suspect list appears onboard the Santa Fe limited as it travels through Arizona. Julia refrains from shooting him on sight as he insists he has come to help. Deciding whether to trust him is a challenge. But the most formidable challenge is to Julia and William’s relationship, stressed by her desire to protect her husband at any cost.

This book uses characters and events from several of the previous four books in the series.

345 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 22, 2017

About the author

Jo Allison loves to write historical fiction. In fact, she drives librarians and family crazy with her attention to historical detail. But readers love to be transported back a hundred years.

The Julia Nye Mystery series is set in 1910s St. Louis and Allison offers details on the time and city in a website, 1910s-stlouis-by-jallison.com.

Although her genres are mystery/suspense--and a new spy novel--her work is very character-driven.

Allison works from her home in Bristol, Virginia, with lots of trips to historical sites and libraries.