Climb aboard the Orient Express with fiction crime writer Joe Penvale and his sister Meredith as they embark on a celebratory trip following Joe’s battle with cancer. The duo is looking forward to some history, luxury and intrigue, and for Joe to complete some long-awaited writing. But what they are not prepared for is to find a bloody cabin and get thrown into the mystery of their lives. Can they catch a killer before more victims pile up on the train in FIVE FOUND DEAD by Sulari Gentill? After Joe and Meredith discover the bloody mess in cabin 16G, there is some urgency to find the missing passenger. Was he thrown off the train? The cabin becomes a crime scene, and a steward stands guard until he is murdered as well. Joe and Meredith are asked by the train’s manager to join a group of passengers with law enforcement backgrounds to help solve the mystery. But as the bodies continue adding up, and the train gets denied offboarding due to quarantined passengers, Joe and Meredith find themselves locked in with a cast of duplicitous characters, disease, and at least one killer. FIVE FOUND DEAD is a fun, fast-paced, locked-room mystery with Agatha Christie and Alfred Hitchcock vibes. It’s fast, frenetic, and fabulously fun. Joe and Meredith make a crafty crime-solving duo. Told from Meredith’s POV, she takes us through the twists and turns as the mystery deepens and the missing passenger becomes an enigma. The lively secondary characters include a retired French policeman, an LA private investigator, two crime fan podcasters, a middle-aged detective inspector, a travel writer, a duchess and her bodyguard, elderly sisters, and a con man being pursued by many. The urgency is heightened with close quarters, quarantined passengers, unruly guests, and a killer elusively making his way through the cabins and hallways, picking off his victims. As the body count rises, readers wonder who is next as FIVE FOUND DEAD barrels down the tracks towards its climactic conclusion, where Meredith and Joe must trust no one, suspect everyone, and prepare to fight for their lives.
On a train, there are only so many places to hide…
Crime fiction author Joe Penvale has won the most brutal battle of his life. Now that he has finished his intense medical treatment, he and his twin sister, Meredith, are boarding the glorious Orient Express in Paris, hoping for some much-needed rest and rejuvenation. Meredith also hopes that the literary ghosts on the train will nudge Joe\'s muse awake, and he\'ll be inspired to write again. And he is; after their first evening spent getting to know some of their fellow travelers, Joe pulls out his laptop and opens a new document. Seems like this trip is just what the doctor ordered…
And then some. The next morning, Joe and Meredith are shocked to witness that the cabin next door has become a crime scene, bathed in blood but with no body in sight. The pair soon find themselves caught up in an Agatha Christie-esque murder investigation. Without any help from the authorities, and with the victim still not found, Joe and Meredith are asked to join a group of fellow passengers with law enforcement backgrounds to look into the mysterious disappearance of the man in Cabin16G. But when the steward guarding the crime scene is murdered, it marks the beginning of a killing spree which leaves five found dead—and one still missing. Now Joe and Meredith must fight once again to preserve their newfound future and to catch a cunning killer before they reach the end of the line.
USA Today bestselling author Sulari Gentill brings readers on a heart-pounding ride filled with intrigue, suspense, and literary charm in Five Found Dead, perfect for fans of twisty mysteries and books about books.
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