Night Train to Murder

By Simon R. Green

When a body is discovered in a locked toilet cubicle on the late-night train to Bath, Ishmael Jones is faced with his most puzzling case to date.

When Ishmael Jones and his partner Penny are asked to escort a VIP on the late-night train to Bath, it would appear to be a routine case. The Organisation has acquired intelligence that an attempt is to be made on Sir Dennis Gregson’s life as he travels to Bath to take up his new position as Head of the British Psychic Weapons Division. Ishmael’s mission is to ensure that Sir Dennis arrives safely.

How could anyone orchestrate a murder in a crowded railway carriage without being noticed and with no obvious means of escape? When a body is discovered in a locked toilet cubicle, Ishmael Jones has just 56 minutes to solve a seemingly impossible crime before the train reaches its destination.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Severn House Publishers
• Release date: Jan 1, 2020
• ISBN: 9781448303625

Simon R. Green

Simon R. Green is a New York Times bestselling author whose works include Drinking Midnight Wine, Beyond the Blue Moon, Blue Moon Rising, The Adventures of Hawk & Fisher, and the Deathstalker series. He lives in Bradford-on-Avon in England.

Reviews for Night Train to Murder

[jalenv_2 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I docked half a star from this book because it was much too easy to figure out who the killer was -- thank you Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe. It was so frustrating waiting for Ishmael to put it together! One of the reveals at the end I had already figured out. The last surprise, I admit, I did not see coming.

[kurt.rocourt · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

This one was a little off for my liking. It was more of a slight of hand kind of a read. There was a look over here and not over there quality to the book that actually took away from the book. It's not that it dragged at parts, it's that much of the middle of it actually meant nothing in the end. The ending is supposed to make up for it but really that's just throwing readers a bone for the next book.

I read this book via NetGalley. I thank them for this book. #NightTraintoMurder #NetGalley