The Woman on the Orient Express

by Lindsay Jayne Ashford

“Of course—but I can’t promise to be completely honest. I don’t want to color your opinion of her with my own particular prejudices.”

Nancy’s eyes ranged over the carpet, as if the answer were concealed in its pattern.

‘When everything goes against you and you get to a point when it seems you can’t hang on a minute longer, never, never give up—for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.’”