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Someone Rotten Riding the Rails: The Accidental Detective Book 6 drops Jan 30 – preorder it now!

The Accidental Detective humorous mystery series, a witty journalist solves mysteries in Arizonaand tackles the challenges of turning fifty. 

Kate Tessler and hercrew of misfits set out to blow the whistle on two feuding crime families . .. 

Former warcorrespondent Kate Tessler has solved multiple murders sincereturning to her Arizona hometown, to the grudging appreciation of the localpolice. Now Detective Padilla and the FBI approach Kate with aproposal. Two Russian crime families have rented a private historic train tothe Grand Canyon for their children’s wedding. The route is scenic and remote.No cell phones. The FBI needs to surveil, but anyone infiltrating thetrain must be above suspicion.

Kate poses as herself,sent by the newspaper to cover the society wedding, while her sister Jen is thephotographer. Their multi-generational and eccentric crew pose as train staff.The goal is to observe, but that quickly derails when the groom disappears, anda search for him turns up a dead body. Everyone’s a suspect and trappedon the train. 

The mob families won’tcontact the police, so it’s up to Kate and friends to uncover the truth beforetheir whole mission goes off the tracks.

Two Russian crimefamilies have rented a private historic train to the Grand Canyon for theirchildren’s wedding. The route is scenic and remote. No cell phones. Jen and theirmulti-generational and eccentric crew go undercover. The goal is to observe,but that quickly derails when the groom disappears, and a search for him turnsup a dead body. Everyone’s a suspect and trapped on the train. 

Early reviewers say:

“Awedding on a train between rival Russian mafia families. What could go wrong?This book is a nail biter and I had a hard time putting it down. I just neededto know what happened next. It is the perfect mystery story; interesting andunpredictable.” 

“Iwas excited to read another book in the accidental detective series. I couldnot figure out the ending, so I had to keep reading.” 

TheAccidental Detective humorous mystery series : TheAccidental Detective Series: A witty journalist solves mysteries in Arizona andtackles the challenges of turning fifty among a wacky group of family andfriends. Available in print and ebook everywhere.

Quick Peek:

You mightassume reporting on wars and natural disasters would be the dangerous part ofmy life, but moving back home to Arizona after a bomb tore up my leg hadn’texactly resulted in a peaceful retirement. Arnold and Clarence gave a newmeaning to “natural disaster.”

Still, they’dbeen loyal friends and had helped me investigate crimes, wanting nothing morethan the knowledge that they’d done some good.

Ha, justkidding. They wanted excitement, adventure, and the adrenaline rush of danger.They might be in their seventies and eighties, but they were more likely toplay strip poker than bridge and they’d only sit in the park feeding pigeons ifit was part of a stakeout. Even then they’d probably try to train the pigeonsas evil minions, or at least questionably moral ones.

Kris Bock writes romance, mystery, andsuspense. Learn more about Kris and her books at the Kris Bockwebsite . Get a freecat café novella, mystery stories, recipes, and more when you sign up for the Kris Bock newsletter .

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