Ghost Train

Name: Ghost Train
Price: 0.99 USD
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Rating: 4.5 (5642 reviews)
Author: Petit, C.J.

by Petit, C.J.

Historical Fiction Mystery Thriller

4.5 (5,642)

4.5 stars from 5,642 reviews. One of the highest rated Historical Fiction books we track.

376 pages~6.3 hr read

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Last checked: Apr 24, 2026

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Perfect for you if...

You love historical mysteries with high stakes and tight deadlines that keep you reading late into the night.
You appreciate procedural crime fiction where the detective's methods and logic matter as much as the plot twists.
You're drawn to Western settings and early 20th-century railway details that feel researched and authentic.

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You prefer character-driven literary fiction where inner emotional lives matter more than plot momentum.
You want romance or personal relationships at the heart of the story rather than a pure mystery.
You dislike older writing styles or historical settings that feel distant from modern storytelling.

About this book

The station manager in Ogden learns that a scheduled train from Granger is three hours overdue. He suspects mechanical failure or derailment, but the engineer of the next train to use the track reports finding no signs of the missing train. The station's head telegrapher brings a telegram to the manager's office—a ransom demand sent to Union Pacific headquarters. The message demands one hundred thousand dollars within a week, threatening to destroy the train and its thirty-four passengers if the demand is not met. The manager rushes to inform the resident Union Pacific special agent, Nelson Cook, who must now handle the case.

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