Murder in Transit: The bestselling Victorian mystery series (Railway Detective Book 22)

Set in 1866, this Railway Detective mystery follows Detective Inspector Colbeck and Sergeant Leeming as they investigate a murder on a train bound for Portsmouth. An elegant woman shares a compartment with Giles Blanchard, a lecherous passenger. She exits the train having pickpocketed him and obtained scandalous material for blackmail, but Blanchard never reaches his destination on the Isle of Wight alive. With Queen Victoria planning to spend the summer on the island, Colbeck and Leeming face pressure from their superiors to resolve the case quickly. As they work through the evidence and trace Blanchard's killer, their investigation becomes increasingly complicated—particularly when their inquiries lead them toward a royal residence.