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Emma Griffin FBI Mysteries #5
The Girl and the Deadly Express
On board an unstoppable train the truth of the past finally unfolds, but will it be at the expense of everyone’s life on board the deadly express?
FBI agent Emma Griffin is starting to get her life back on track.
But as she gets used to the changes in her career and settling into her personal life, questions about her past continue to haunt her.
When a mysterious letter appears from Feathered Nest asking Emma to help, suspicion arises.
She’s being lured onto the train and she doesn’t know why.
But she can’t ignore it.
This is her fight, and she won’t back down.
With Sam on the train an hour behind her, Emma begins the journey. Four hours closed in the train.
A strange fellow passenger and a note appearing at her seat send her into an empty passenger car,
where she finds the body of a murdered man, and a message addressed to her.
Warned not to call police or let the train stop for any reason,
Emma is drawn into a sick and twisted game where the painful memories of her family are used to taunt and threaten her.
The minutes tick by, bringing her closer to destruction.
A huge storm is brewing, and Emma must face it head on if she wants to survive long enough to learn the hidden secrets of her past.
The Girl and the Deadly Express is the fifth book in the Emma Griffin Mystery series, it can be read as a standalone.
FBI agent Emma Griffin is starting to get her life back on track.
But as she gets used to the changes in her career and settling into her personal life, questions about her past continue to haunt her.
When a mysterious letter appears from Feathered Nest asking Emma to help, suspicion arises.
She’s being lured onto the train and she doesn’t know why.
But she can’t ignore it.
This is her fight, and she won’t back down.
With Sam on the train an hour behind her, Emma begins the journey. Four hours closed in the train.
A strange fellow passenger and a note appearing at her seat send her into an empty passenger car,
where she finds the body of a murdered man, and a message addressed to her.
Warned not to call police or let the train stop for any reason,
Emma is drawn into a sick and twisted game where the painful memories of her family are used to taunt and threaten her.
The minutes tick by, bringing her closer to destruction.
A huge storm is brewing, and Emma must face it head on if she wants to survive long enough to learn the hidden secrets of her past.
The Girl and the Deadly Express is the fifth book in the Emma Griffin Mystery series, it can be read as a standalone.
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First published April 5, 2020
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June 5, 2020
Not One of My Favorites
I have been reading the Emma Griffin series and have pretty much enjoyed them. I like Sam's character more than I do Emma's. But, I think this book gets a bit confusing with the back-and-forth story line. And there are several men not mentioned by a real name, you don't know who they are, so it makes it hard to follow that part of the story line. I typically don't mind books in this format. I don't have a hard time keeping up. But this felt a bit like a jumbled mess trying to keep it clear who these men are. Then, jump back to current day, Emma's story, and I don't know why one, two, or all of those men hate her so much.
I gave The Girl and the Deadly Express only 3 stars.
I have been reading the Emma Griffin series and have pretty much enjoyed them. I like Sam's character more than I do Emma's. But, I think this book gets a bit confusing with the back-and-forth story line. And there are several men not mentioned by a real name, you don't know who they are, so it makes it hard to follow that part of the story line. I typically don't mind books in this format. I don't have a hard time keeping up. But this felt a bit like a jumbled mess trying to keep it clear who these men are. Then, jump back to current day, Emma's story, and I don't know why one, two, or all of those men hate her so much.
I gave The Girl and the Deadly Express only 3 stars.
June 15, 2020
Interesting, but
This series goes on and on; and I am about to give up on it. It seems according to the reviews the sixth book doesn't end it either. I am not going to read the next one until I know the seventh one finishes the series. They are suppose to be stand alone, but that is not true. Each story is part of the final puzzle. If there author wants to write about Emma, fine, but she needs to finish the one about Emma. At present I feel like I have wasted money on this series. I quit favorite tv shows when they start down a path like this.
This series goes on and on; and I am about to give up on it. It seems according to the reviews the sixth book doesn't end it either. I am not going to read the next one until I know the seventh one finishes the series. They are suppose to be stand alone, but that is not true. Each story is part of the final puzzle. If there author wants to write about Emma, fine, but she needs to finish the one about Emma. At present I feel like I have wasted money on this series. I quit favorite tv shows when they start down a path like this.
May 12, 2020
I have read all 5 books in this series over the past 2 to 3 months and I am sorry to say but it is time to put an end to it. Books 1 to 3 were great, 4 was good and 5 is just too much. There are too many threads and plots and it is no longer enjoyable and filled with suspense. It has now become a struggle to get through. Experienced writers can keep a series going forever and it is great. I don’t think A.J Rivers is completely there yet.
April 12, 2020
Book 5 in the Emma Stone FBI Mystery Series is absolutely brilliant! The entire series is compelling and exceptional. I have to say though, that this book is the best in this series, so far! There are many storyline threads, present, recent past, not-so-recent past and a long time ago. All these threads are part of what makes this book so incredible. The way the author pulls these storyline threads, slowly and methodically, is what makes reading a psychological thriller such an engrossing experience. The characters are compelling and engaging. This author and this series are masterfully created and the result is exquisite! Highest recommendation!!
April 27, 2020
Another great book by this author and cannot wait to the next one comes up.
June 10, 2020
First book okay
This book was ridiculous. It just dragged on and on.😑 I don't think I will even continue with the series
This book was ridiculous. It just dragged on and on.😑 I don't think I will even continue with the series
May 23, 2020
The Girl and the Deadly Express
This book was so confusing for me. It jump from one story to another. I still don't understand what the story is about. Good luck to people who are it. Hope you can make sense of the story. I could not.
This book was so confusing for me. It jump from one story to another. I still don't understand what the story is about. Good luck to people who are it. Hope you can make sense of the story. I could not.
June 14, 2020
The previous book in this series was so good! This book however, was too confusing for me to follow. It jumped back to past events too many times for my liking. I do enjoy the main characters; they make the story interesting.
July 8, 2020
Disappointed
I’m disappointed in this book, even though it gives more insight into what’s really going on in the series so far this is my least favorite so far. Still a good mystery series
I’m disappointed in this book, even though it gives more insight into what’s really going on in the series so far this is my least favorite so far. Still a good mystery series
December 22, 2023
Absolutely insane, big breakthroughs in Emma’s back story. Could not put this one down
October 10, 2022
Posting the same Book Report for Nos. 4 & 5 in the Emma Griffin mystery series by A.J. Rivers.
Convoluted-y crap, much, when it comes to the mysteries proper? Oh yeah. (Since the get-go, FTR.)
Stupid “we can’t believe in the protagonist who has basically been perfect up until now” trope? Yep.
Continued issues with incorrect grammar and word usage? Yep, yep, yeppity yep.
So why am I continuing to read the books in this series, EVEN knowing how some of the key undergirding plot lines are going to resolve?
Because I cannot figure out the solution to the primary murder mystery that’s been going on since No. 1.
Ugh.
I think I have _one_ more of these in me, even if things don’t resolve in it. Just can’t afford to get my eyes stuck the next time, given how far they keep rolling so far back in my head.
Convoluted-y crap, much, when it comes to the mysteries proper? Oh yeah. (Since the get-go, FTR.)
Stupid “we can’t believe in the protagonist who has basically been perfect up until now” trope? Yep.
Continued issues with incorrect grammar and word usage? Yep, yep, yeppity yep.
So why am I continuing to read the books in this series, EVEN knowing how some of the key undergirding plot lines are going to resolve?
Because I cannot figure out the solution to the primary murder mystery that’s been going on since No. 1.
Ugh.
I think I have _one_ more of these in me, even if things don’t resolve in it. Just can’t afford to get my eyes stuck the next time, given how far they keep rolling so far back in my head.
December 14, 2020
Unlike the other Emma Griffin novels, this one was weird. Several portions were allocated to Him, Lamb, and Lotan. Who are these? I’m sure later books will clear this up but now, it’s very confusing. Emma receives a train ticket and a request to return to Feathered Nest. She goes but on an earlier train while Sheriff Sam Johnson takes the train Emma was supposed to travel on. Clues are left for her to figure out who the “bad guy” is. A bomb is found by Sam and defused but who set it and why? Lots of unanswered questions in this book. Hopefully, the next one will be better.
May 29, 2020
I do not understand the positive reviews. I have invested so much time into this series and it just feels like we get more characters and no true answers, more questions and not much closer to what happens to her father and the circumstances of her father’s death. It’s just taking too long to get to the end of this back story that’s been sitting in the backdrop since Book 1. Very frustrating- there’s no finality and now it’s become completely far fetched and going in circles.
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July 16, 2025
I'm honestly not sure how to say what I think of this book. It's not as good as the first four, but it's a good book...I guess. I suppose I understand why it was laid out the way it is, but there's just too much jumping back and forth. I get that Emma has a story, and that story is unfolding, but could we get on with it? The mystery of her backstory is established. Are we going to get any more real mysteries? Is this series 'Emma Griffin FBI' or is it 'Emma Griffin: My Backstory Is Going To Drag On Forever'?
I'm sticking with the series, for now. But I hope future books are more mystery than backstory.
I'm sticking with the series, for now. But I hope future books are more mystery than backstory.
October 29, 2020
Another thriller! I have to keep reading these stories.
March 16, 2022
I finally gave up This book switches timelines and persons to the extent where I could not keep up.I dislike books where the author keeps going back
August 18, 2022
In the middle of this serious but this one was hard to get into. Hope they aren’t all going downhill from here.
November 12, 2023
Very confusing!
October 29, 2025
This one was aggravating too many unknown characters that get a small chapter written about then. But you never know who they are. Some want to kill Emma and some want to save her, all the while the story marches on. Think I’m taking a break
April 23, 2020
This is book five in the Emma Griffin FBI Mystery series and has the main character Emma, just starting to get her life back together after the events of the previous year, when she worked undercover in the small town of Feathered Nest. It is a town of a multitude of secrets and many are still to be uncovered. The first third of the book, I must admit really put me off and I almost gave up on it! There are chapters by strangely named characters called Him; Lamb; some take place now and then some more take place some seventeen years before. The weird chapters with Him, Lamb, Lotan and so on, just made me want to give up as they made no sense. Emma has been given a clip of video from her last investigation into a woman called Mary Preston which raise more questions about who her parents really were and what they did, and other women with the same initials, M.P., who may be linked in.
There is loads of investigation, line by line, of this characters social media, looking for clues, and this is repeated throughout the book. It only really got going for me, when Emma took a train back to Feathered Nest, when a note was dropped off at her door, suspiciously at night, possibly by hand, with a train ticket in and asking for her to come and see a certain old lady in the town. She can’t call her, as she has no contact details and it is all a bit odd! It is a few days before her train is leaving, so not really an urgent request. Emma does at least think there might be something dodgy about this request and her boyfriend Sam follows her on a train an hour later, the train she was supposed to have been on.
Someone lured her onto the train and they have a game they want her to play along with. If she doesn’t, or can’t solve the clues they leave for her on both trains, in time, then everyone could die. She thought there was no-one seated behind her on the fairly empty earlier train, but on returning from the buffet car, someone has taken her laptop out of her bag, which was under the seat in front, and left a cryptic note on it. There is also, now a strange man seated behind her and a man has disappeared that was seated in front of her, that the conductor seems to know by name.
Someone is playing a sick game with her and has left bodies behind for her to find, in what should have been empty carriages. She is warned against calling the police or letting the train stop, so can’t involve anyone else other than her boyfriend. This opponent seems to know a lot about Emma and her early life, details she thought only her parents would have known and which she has never told anyone else, not even Sam. Another of these strange characters is angry that someone is targeting Emma and aims to do something about this, probably in a future book. All lines seem to end in Feathered Nest and there is more to unravel, before any truth is found.
A complicated read and one that you certainly have to stick with. It would obviously help if you have read all the other books in this series, but the odd mutterings and tales of brainwashing of followers, doesn’t help to understand what those parts of the book are about. I’m glad I actually finished the book, only for the excitement of the actual train journey and the problems Emma and Sam have to solve, in a tight time frame. That was its redeeming factor. I received an ARC copy of this book from BookSprout and I have freely given my own opinion of the book above.
There is loads of investigation, line by line, of this characters social media, looking for clues, and this is repeated throughout the book. It only really got going for me, when Emma took a train back to Feathered Nest, when a note was dropped off at her door, suspiciously at night, possibly by hand, with a train ticket in and asking for her to come and see a certain old lady in the town. She can’t call her, as she has no contact details and it is all a bit odd! It is a few days before her train is leaving, so not really an urgent request. Emma does at least think there might be something dodgy about this request and her boyfriend Sam follows her on a train an hour later, the train she was supposed to have been on.
Someone lured her onto the train and they have a game they want her to play along with. If she doesn’t, or can’t solve the clues they leave for her on both trains, in time, then everyone could die. She thought there was no-one seated behind her on the fairly empty earlier train, but on returning from the buffet car, someone has taken her laptop out of her bag, which was under the seat in front, and left a cryptic note on it. There is also, now a strange man seated behind her and a man has disappeared that was seated in front of her, that the conductor seems to know by name.
Someone is playing a sick game with her and has left bodies behind for her to find, in what should have been empty carriages. She is warned against calling the police or letting the train stop, so can’t involve anyone else other than her boyfriend. This opponent seems to know a lot about Emma and her early life, details she thought only her parents would have known and which she has never told anyone else, not even Sam. Another of these strange characters is angry that someone is targeting Emma and aims to do something about this, probably in a future book. All lines seem to end in Feathered Nest and there is more to unravel, before any truth is found.
A complicated read and one that you certainly have to stick with. It would obviously help if you have read all the other books in this series, but the odd mutterings and tales of brainwashing of followers, doesn’t help to understand what those parts of the book are about. I’m glad I actually finished the book, only for the excitement of the actual train journey and the problems Emma and Sam have to solve, in a tight time frame. That was its redeeming factor. I received an ARC copy of this book from BookSprout and I have freely given my own opinion of the book above.
June 23, 2020
In all the series books, this one, strung on the longest. Took a lot to keep focused and to finish the book. I hope book 6 isn't like this.
February 19, 2022
First of all, I should mention: I would not have individually “paid” for any of these. They’re fine, but they’re “popcorn,” and not a level of professional writing that I’d be willing to pay for. I’m reading them on Kindle Unlimited. This series is fairly prolific, considering the first five books came out in a single year, so I do tend to wonder if the the author is a single person, or a few freelancers with one manager (I’ve seen the ads on freelance sites hiring people to write these books), especially as certain chapters or even pages will be more smoothly written than others. But book five has developed two big problems:
1. The author has returned to “no contractions syndrome” which was a huge problem in book one (which is why I assume more than one author, as the quality of grammar picked up SO much in book two). If you read the dialogue out loud, you can immediately tell how unnatural and stilted it sounds: “I am x; I have done y. I would not z.”
2. The author is now jumping around between characters and time lines SO much. “X, 10 years ago.” “Y, two weeks ago.” “Z, 17 Years ago.” “X, Now.” If you can’t manage to write your book in a manner that explains the plot without having to “tell” all of this, it really does get annoying. And then there are just chapters labeled, “now,” that are focused on the main character, Emma. If you struggle at ALL with following storytelling that expects you to follow chapters from no less than five different characters and four different times, then this could get confusing for you. In previous books, I understood when it was just the main character and X.
I’ll probably read one more book in the series and if there’s no resolution and no improvement, I’ll call it quits. Even “free,” I know I’ve probably invested too much time in a series that I wouldn’t really recommend to someone else.
1. The author has returned to “no contractions syndrome” which was a huge problem in book one (which is why I assume more than one author, as the quality of grammar picked up SO much in book two). If you read the dialogue out loud, you can immediately tell how unnatural and stilted it sounds: “I am x; I have done y. I would not z.”
2. The author is now jumping around between characters and time lines SO much. “X, 10 years ago.” “Y, two weeks ago.” “Z, 17 Years ago.” “X, Now.” If you can’t manage to write your book in a manner that explains the plot without having to “tell” all of this, it really does get annoying. And then there are just chapters labeled, “now,” that are focused on the main character, Emma. If you struggle at ALL with following storytelling that expects you to follow chapters from no less than five different characters and four different times, then this could get confusing for you. In previous books, I understood when it was just the main character and X.
I’ll probably read one more book in the series and if there’s no resolution and no improvement, I’ll call it quits. Even “free,” I know I’ve probably invested too much time in a series that I wouldn’t really recommend to someone else.
June 15, 2020
I'm hooked!
What a plot and what a winding road this book takes you on. Small pieces are coming together but it's like looking through saran wrap. You feel like the answer is right around the corner but instead another twist comes out of nowhere. I have enjoyed this series and can't wait for the next one. Excellent mystery that just keeps you guessing!
What a plot and what a winding road this book takes you on. Small pieces are coming together but it's like looking through saran wrap. You feel like the answer is right around the corner but instead another twist comes out of nowhere. I have enjoyed this series and can't wait for the next one. Excellent mystery that just keeps you guessing!
July 12, 2020
I’ve never become this irritated with a book series. Way too much jumping back and forth between mysterious characters with odd names and it just became annoying. I think I’m just going to peek at the last book in the series to see if I can find out who killed Emma’s mom and be done with this mess.
November 24, 2020
Cliffhanger!
This is the first book in the series where you don't find out who did it. There are suspicions, but no confirmations. With every book I read, I'm left with more questions than answers. Totally frustrating, but definitely makes me want to find out what's going on!
This is the first book in the series where you don't find out who did it. There are suspicions, but no confirmations. With every book I read, I'm left with more questions than answers. Totally frustrating, but definitely makes me want to find out what's going on!
August 25, 2023
finally
It took until the 5th book for the action to be driven by professional activity and behaviors. This is the first book in the series where Emma is not too stupid to live. I was so excited to see that not only could she write a great mystery but she could write one that didn’t require the MC to be an idiot who acted like her training came from a kids comic book instead of the FBI.
I’m really glad to see this. The bouncing from the far past to near past to further back still happened but this time it actually, when all the side stories were combined, made sense and gave a few answers. Some I had already guessed because they were the only thing that made sense, not because there were blatant clues.
Emma and Sam are much more likable characters than in the previous book. The sheriff from the first book proves in his few pages of being a part of this book to be as much of a jerk as in the first book. Not sure why but seems like she feels the need to make every officer not Emma to be unprofessional and a bit of a jerk. Even Sam falls into that category when not actively trying to rekindle what they had years before. She is an equal opportunity writer of jerk officers though as she writes males and females, other than Emma’s best friends, as being equally unprofessional and reactionary. Her FBI boss is king jerk. You don’t need to write everyone as incompetent to make your lead shine. Maybe stop writing her as unprofessional, poorly trained and too stupid to live. I hate reading anything where the characters are too stupid to live but books in which they are police, FBI, military, especially officers it especially bugs me.
It took until the 5th book for the action to be driven by professional activity and behaviors. This is the first book in the series where Emma is not too stupid to live. I was so excited to see that not only could she write a great mystery but she could write one that didn’t require the MC to be an idiot who acted like her training came from a kids comic book instead of the FBI.
I’m really glad to see this. The bouncing from the far past to near past to further back still happened but this time it actually, when all the side stories were combined, made sense and gave a few answers. Some I had already guessed because they were the only thing that made sense, not because there were blatant clues.
Emma and Sam are much more likable characters than in the previous book. The sheriff from the first book proves in his few pages of being a part of this book to be as much of a jerk as in the first book. Not sure why but seems like she feels the need to make every officer not Emma to be unprofessional and a bit of a jerk. Even Sam falls into that category when not actively trying to rekindle what they had years before. She is an equal opportunity writer of jerk officers though as she writes males and females, other than Emma’s best friends, as being equally unprofessional and reactionary. Her FBI boss is king jerk. You don’t need to write everyone as incompetent to make your lead shine. Maybe stop writing her as unprofessional, poorly trained and too stupid to live. I hate reading anything where the characters are too stupid to live but books in which they are police, FBI, military, especially officers it especially bugs me.
September 14, 2020
This series continues to both frustrate me endlessly while making me continue to read onward in hopes of answers. I'm still confused at whether that is good or bad.
I read a few reviews after I finished (I never read them before so not to taint my perspective) and I see that I'm not the only one frustrated. However, I'm not as confused about the new characters: Lamb, Anson, etc. With context you can conclude who they are, I believe. I'm just not sure why they're in this secret side organization, if that's what you should even call it. I feel like it opened up a few more leads as to why the father and Greg departed from her life so secretly and suddenly, but by the end of the book..... I have no actual answers. The only reason I will continue on is the fact that I feel like it's at least a step closer since Greg is in the hospital and they determined and validated the father has a twin that's still alive.
I'm still so annoyed though with the near death scenarios EVERY book. With her being FBI and her bf being an LEO as well .... it isn't realistic that no one is stepping up more to protect her or investigate why this keeps happening to Emma. The only one asking questions is Emma herself. Sam the bf and her friends Eric and Bellamy are helpful, sure.... but her boss isn't stepping in and saying why are you such a target for violence and/or threats??? The side PDs that keep helping with these situations aren't asking the same? I call horse hockey. At least hint that they're looking into it more. Not just "go rest and do therapy Emma"..... Ridiculous
I read a few reviews after I finished (I never read them before so not to taint my perspective) and I see that I'm not the only one frustrated. However, I'm not as confused about the new characters: Lamb, Anson, etc. With context you can conclude who they are, I believe. I'm just not sure why they're in this secret side organization, if that's what you should even call it. I feel like it opened up a few more leads as to why the father and Greg departed from her life so secretly and suddenly, but by the end of the book..... I have no actual answers. The only reason I will continue on is the fact that I feel like it's at least a step closer since Greg is in the hospital and they determined and validated the father has a twin that's still alive.
I'm still so annoyed though with the near death scenarios EVERY book. With her being FBI and her bf being an LEO as well .... it isn't realistic that no one is stepping up more to protect her or investigate why this keeps happening to Emma. The only one asking questions is Emma herself. Sam the bf and her friends Eric and Bellamy are helpful, sure.... but her boss isn't stepping in and saying why are you such a target for violence and/or threats??? The side PDs that keep helping with these situations aren't asking the same? I call horse hockey. At least hint that they're looking into it more. Not just "go rest and do therapy Emma"..... Ridiculous
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November 11, 2023
I blasted through The Girl and the Deadly Express quite rapidly, as it was a suspenseful thriller with a literary scavenger hunt on a train comprising the main body of the work. The core story revolves around Emma Griffin and her boyfriend Sam boarding separate trains in order to travel to Feathered Nest at the behest of an acquaintance from a previous case. While on board separate trains, Emma and Sam realize that the trip is more than a simple train ride in Virginia. Emma and Sam must deploy all their mental faculties to deal with the situation, and I truly enjoyed this phase of the book. While this plot line evolves, the reader encounters chapters about Anson, Lotan, and Lamb. I found these interspersed narratives hard to follow and difficult to relate to Emma and Sam, although Emma's name is mentioned quite often. Other chapters recount the history of Emma's mother and father, and several chapters suggest that Emma's father is alive and watching over her. Again it is not clear how this angle with develop. As if these storylines were not enough, the reader is thrown back to a train station explosion that occurred in a previous book, and Emma's former boyfriend, Greg, is involved in that event, and he resurfaces in The Girl and the Deadly Express. I will certainly look forward to book seven for the resolution of some of these threads.
April 17, 2021
3.5 stars
This was the first book in this series I read (didn't realize it was a series till I got on here and saw it was #5), that did make it a little confusing for me at first but I was able to piece things together as the book went on.
Overall I enjoyed reading this book. The first 100 pages were a little slow, but after that, it was full steam ahead and I couldn't read fast enough. Emma was so calm throughout it all somehow despite the time crunch and the confusing clues. From having to go to one train car from the other and trying to not act suspicious all while trying to figure out what's going on. Rivers did such a good job of keeping everything together while also keeping the level of mystery going. The level of intensity kept ramping up throughout this book and once we got to the final it was such a relief and with this being a short book around 249 pages packing in all the things they did was amazing without any of it feeling rushed.
I did have my suspicions on who was really behind it all and I think I'm right about it, but this book does lead into the next one so I am going to continue on with the series.
Rivers is definitely an author I am going to be reading for a while now as I need to see how the other mysteries that were in this book end.
This was the first book in this series I read (didn't realize it was a series till I got on here and saw it was #5), that did make it a little confusing for me at first but I was able to piece things together as the book went on.
Overall I enjoyed reading this book. The first 100 pages were a little slow, but after that, it was full steam ahead and I couldn't read fast enough. Emma was so calm throughout it all somehow despite the time crunch and the confusing clues. From having to go to one train car from the other and trying to not act suspicious all while trying to figure out what's going on. Rivers did such a good job of keeping everything together while also keeping the level of mystery going. The level of intensity kept ramping up throughout this book and once we got to the final it was such a relief and with this being a short book around 249 pages packing in all the things they did was amazing without any of it feeling rushed.
I did have my suspicions on who was really behind it all and I think I'm right about it, but this book does lead into the next one so I am going to continue on with the series.
Rivers is definitely an author I am going to be reading for a while now as I need to see how the other mysteries that were in this book end.
October 10, 2020
On board an unstoppable train the truth of the past finally unfolds, but will it be at the expense of everyone’s life on board the deadly express?
FBI agent Emma Griffin is starting to get her life back on track.
But as she gets used to the changes in her career and settling into her personal life, questions about her past continue to haunt her.
When a mysterious letter appears from Feathered Nest asking Emma to help, suspicion arises.
She’s being lured onto the train and she doesn’t know why.
But she can’t ignore it.
This is her fight, and she won’t back down.
With Sam on the train an hour behind her, Emma begins the journey. Four hours closed in the train.
A strange fellow passenger and a note appearing at her seat send her into an empty passenger car,
where she finds the body of a murdered man, and a message addressed to her.
Warned not to call police or let the train stop for any reason,
Emma is drawn into a sick and twisted game where the painful memories of her family are used to taunt and threaten her.
FBI agent Emma Griffin is starting to get her life back on track.
But as she gets used to the changes in her career and settling into her personal life, questions about her past continue to haunt her.
When a mysterious letter appears from Feathered Nest asking Emma to help, suspicion arises.
She’s being lured onto the train and she doesn’t know why.
But she can’t ignore it.
This is her fight, and she won’t back down.
With Sam on the train an hour behind her, Emma begins the journey. Four hours closed in the train.
A strange fellow passenger and a note appearing at her seat send her into an empty passenger car,
where she finds the body of a murdered man, and a message addressed to her.
Warned not to call police or let the train stop for any reason,
Emma is drawn into a sick and twisted game where the painful memories of her family are used to taunt and threaten her.
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