It’s April 1953, and Zephyrette Jill McLeod is back on the rails, aboard the fabled train called the California Zephyr. Heading west from Chicago to the San Francisco Bay Area, Jill looks forward to reuniting with family members and the new man in her life. She’s learned to expect and deal with just about anything on the train, from troublesome passengers to long-lost relatives to high-stakes poker games. But the stakes just got even higher: Death has a seat at the table.
Death Deals a Hand is published by Perseverance Press. You can read an excerpt and purchase it from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, IndieBound and Perseverance Press.
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“A storied train rushes toward a date with death… Jill is a charming and intelligent heroine.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“Rail enthusiasts will welcome this light mystery full of information about train travel of an earlier era.”
—Publishers Weekly
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