Ghost Train to Nowhere

by Phil Roxbee Cox, Jane Gedye (Illustrator), Gaby Waters (Editor)

Staying with their Uncle Jack in what was once Seabry Station, twins Alf and Chrissy find themselves drawn into a series of strange events. Everything seems somehow linked to the night of a terrible storm over eighty years before, when the local bridge collapsed and the steam train The Gypsy Bell was lost with everyone on board. A ghostly cry for help reaches the twins from across the years, but what are they expected to do, and who exactly can they trust ... ?

This is the third book in the Usborne Spinechillers series of original fiction. Packed with thrills and suspense, each creepy tale is densely illustrated with exciting and atmospheric full-colour pictures. Clues and red herrings lurk throughout the books, giving readers the chance to stay several steps ahead of the action.

Genres: Childrens

48 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1992

Reviews

[Michelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty cute, and the visual elements are interesting. If you pay attention to the pictures, you’re given clues to figuring out the mysteries, and at the end of the book, there’s an explanation of all the clues.

[Tracey · Rating 5 out of 5]

A really interesting and different type of story about a train and all it's passengers that went missing years ago. No trace was ever found of the passengers and the train. However, when twins Alf and Chrissy go and stay with their Uncle Jack in an old train station; things start behaving or rather becoming really strange around them. They bump into Harold Masters who tells them of his identical twin brother being on that fateful train trip. He is convinced that his twin is not dead as they have always been able to know what each other was thinking or doing. I love the twists and turns in the book, as well as the ending. A really excellent read!