Spirit of America Bookstore
Railroads in Fiction
{ page two }
 |
back on page 1:
top of page early railroad fiction 1925 1950 1980 here on page 2: |
Somebody set up a 'Hot Dudes Reading' account on Instagram, with photos of males on the New York subways
engrossed in their books; in just two weeks there were 100,000 followers.
Spirit of America Bookstore's American Railroads Pages
Spirit of America Bookstore's Railroad Film Festival Pages
Spirit of America Bookstore's 'Non-Fiction Books About Railroads' Pages
Spirit of America Bookstore's Railroads in Fiction - Books For Young Railfans Page
G.E. Nordell's Arizona Travel / Railroads Links Page
G.E. Nordell's California Travel / Railroads Links Page
G.E. Nordell's Colorado Travel / Railroads Links Pages
G.E. Nordell's Nevada Travel / Railroads Links Page
G.E. Nordell's New Mexico Travel / Railroads Links Page
G.E. Nordell's Utah Travel / Railroads Links Page
G.E. Nordell's U.S.A. Travel / Railroad Museums Page
 | "Classic Railway Murders: Four Unabridged Mysteries" on audiotape [2001] Read by Patrick Malahide Total run time: 2 hours 47 minutes; includes "A Warning In Red" (1899) by Victor Whitechurch & E. Conway; "The Mysterious Death On The Underground Railway" (1901} by Baroness Emma Orczy; "The Mysterious Railway Passenger" (1907) by Maurice Leblanc; and "The Mystery of The Sleeping Car Express" (1921) by Freeman Wills Crofts Audio Partners UNABR audio cassette [3/2001] out of prodn/used |
 | "Parallel Lies" [2001] by Ridley Pearson Ex-cop Peter Tyler is hired to investigate sabotage on the Northern Union Railroad. Hyperion mass pb [7/2002] for $7.99 Hyperion 9½x6½ hardcover [7/2001] out of print/many used Brilliance ABR audio CD [6/2004] for $16.99 |
 | "Last Train To Istanbul: A Novel" [Turkish orig 2002; intl bestseller 2013] by Ayse Kulin, Translated by John W. Baker A Turkish woman marries a Jewish man and they exile themselves to Paris, France; when Hitler's armies threaten France, the Turkish embassy schedules a train to Istanbul to rescue Turkish & Jewish citizens; won the European Council Jewish Community Best Novel Award. Kindle Edition from AmazonCrossing [10/2013] for $4.99 AmazonCrossing 8x5½ pb [10/2013] for $7.99 "Der Letzte Zug Nach Istanbul: Roman" [2015] by Ayse Kulin, Translated by Ute Birgi Kindle Edition from AmazonCrossing [8/2015] for $4.99 AmazonCrossing 7¼x5 pb [8/2015] for $10.99 |
 | "The Christmas Train" [2002] by David Baldacci Reporter Tom is banned from flying, due to an 'air rage' incident, so he books a train trip from D.C. to Holly-wood and decides to report on whatever happens on the journey. On the Capitol Limited to Chicago he meets his long-lost true love; on the Southwest Chief to California, his fiancée turns up on board and asks him to marry her – its Christmas, so guess how it turns out? Kindle Edition from Hachette Book Group [2002 edition] for $5.41 Warner mass pb [11/2004] for $5.69 Warner 8¾x5¾ hardcover [10/2003] for $28.50 Warner UNABR audio CD [11/2004] for $12.80 |
 | "The White Train" [2003] by Larry Purcell A secret train carrying nuclear missiles and protected by anti-terrorist devices vanishes without a trace. The President receives a fax in the Oval Office that is signed by a mysterious militant group, stating a simple ransom demand. But the highly illegal mission must remain secret, or the President's political career is ended. iUniverse 9x6 pb [9/2003] for $14.95 iUniverse hardcover [9/2003] for $24.95 |
 | "Two Trains Running" [2004] by Lucius Shepard includes Spin Magazine article "The Freight Train Riders of America Story" (1998), the short story 'Jail Bait', and the novella 'Over Yonder' Golden Gryphon Press 8½x5¾ hardcover [3/2004] for $19.62 |
 | "The Great Locomotive Caper" [2005] by John M. Gilbert Engine #468 has sat idle for 40 years at a city park. The mayor has made a deal with developers to buy the park, and the old locomotive is to be sold for scrap. Sam and best friend Ralph decide to save it; when no one is willing to help, the two old men decide to steal the 100-ton locomotive . . . Bookman Publng 7¾x5 pb [4/2005] for $10.76 |
 | "High Iron: A Western Trio" [2006] by Frank Bonham, Edited by Bill Pronzini
Three short novels in 300 pages: "High Iron" tells of the men who built the Central Pacific Railroad thru the High Sierras; "The Sin of Wiley Brogan" is a good-humored tale of stageline competition for mail contracts in eastern Oregon; and in "Texicans Die Hard", a Texas cowhand inherits an old rancho in Chihauhua, Mexico Five Star Westerns 8¾x6 hardcover [3/2006] out of print/used |
 | "On The Wrong Track: A Holmes On The Range Mystery" [2007] by Steve Hockensmith Tired of the cowboy life, the Amlingmeyer brothers take a job as guards for the Pacific Express, and soon are contending with a gang of outlaws, a seductive suffragette, a shady Chinaman, a drunken railroad detective, the King of The Hoboes – and the severed head of the baggage man. Kindle Edition from Minotaur/Macmillan [2007 edition] for $8.88 Minotaur Books 8¼x5½ pb [1/2008] for $11.91 St. Martin's Minotaur 9¼x6¼ hardcover [3/2007] out of print/used Tantor Media UNABR audio CD [3/2007] for $28.75 |
 | "1222: A Hanne Wilhelmsen Novel" noir mystery [HW#9 = 2007] by Anne Holt, Translated by Marlaine Delargey A northbound train from Oslo gets stranded during one of the worst snow storms in Norway’s history; passengers move to a nearby hotel where a body is discovered, requiring ex-cop Hanne Williamsen to uncover the murderer Kindle Edition from Scribner/Simon & Schuster [12/2011] for $7.99 Scribner 8x5¼ pb [8/2012] for $12.52 Scribner 9x6 hardcover [12/2011] for $10.80 |
 | "The Chase" [2007] by Clive Cussler In 1950, a rusting steam locomotive is dredged from a Montana lake, with three bodies inside; the backstory goes to 1906 San Francisco and professional detective Isaac Bell's pursuit of a ruthless criminal mastermind Kindle Edition from Berkley Penguin [2007 edition] for $9.99 Berkley mass pb [10/2008] for $9.99 Penguin mass pb [10/2008] for $15.50 Putnam Adult 9x6¼ hardcover [11/2007] out of print/hundreds used |
 | "The Silk Train Murder: A Mystery of The Klondike Era" [2011] by Sharon Rowse Set after the Turn of The Century; gentleman/adventurer John Lansdowne Granville takes a job guarding silk trains, along with his friend Sam Scott; when they stumble on a gangster’s corpse, Scott is arrested for murder and Granville seeks answers among the darker elements of Vancouver Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [1/2011] for $4.99 Three Cedars Press 8½x5½ pb [2/2012] for $13.49 Carroll & Graf 9x6¼ hardcover [1/2008] out of print/40+ used |
 | "Pelican Road: A Novel" [2008] by Howard Bahr On Christmas Eve in 1940, snow drifts down on the rail line between Meridian, Mississippi and New Orleans, Louisiana as freight 4512 speeds south toward the northbound Silver Star passenger train MacAdam/Cage Publrs 9x6½ hardcover [6/2008] for $16.50 |
 | "The Yard Dog: A Hook Runyon Mystery" [#1 = 2009] by Sheldon Russell Set in the 1940s; when a harmless hobo is found dead in the Waynoka, Oklahoma railyards, one-armed railroad detective Hook Runyon decides that the matter was no accident; his investigation soon turns up a smuggling ring, foul play at the nearby German P.O.W. camp, and the corrupt dealings of a local oil tycoon author's official website Kindle Edition from Minotaur Books [9/2009] for $6.99 Minotaur Books 8¼x5½ hardcover [9/2009] for $20.77 |
 | "The Wrecker" [2009] by Clive Cussler & Justin Scott Cussler's second Isaac Bell mystery, set in 1907; a mysterious saboteur is wreaking havoc on Southern Pacific's mountainous Cascades division. Kindle Edition from Berkley Penguin [11/2009] for $9.99 Berkley mass pb [10/2010] for $9.99 Putnam Adult 9¼x6½ hardcover [11/2009] out of print/hundreds used |
 | "Super: A Novel" [2010] by Jim Lehrer A trip on the famous Santa Fe Super Chief from Chicago to Los Angeles (in 1956) involves a murdered railroad passenger agent, with possible links to Clark Gable and to the deaths of Harry S. Truman and a Hollywood movie producer. Random House 8x5¼ pb [4/2011] for $10.20 Random House 8¼x5½ hardcover [4/2010] for $16.50 |
 | "Loco Motive: A Bed-and-Breakfast Mystery" [2010] by Mary Daheim Seattle innkeeper Judith McMonigle Flynn gets talked into joining her cousin Renie on the Amtrak Empire Builder train to Boston; plot contrivances include a stunt man in a wheel chair, a missing train attendant, and a collision with a trainload of sugar beets Kindle Edition from HarperCollins [9/2010] for $6.99 Avon mass pb [4/2011] for $7.99 William Morrow Book Club 8¼x6 hardcover [9/2010] for $23.08 |
 | "The Insane Train: A Hook Runyon Mystery" [#2 = 2010] by Sheldon Russell Set in the 1940s; after a fire burns down the insane asylum in Barstow, California, Hook is assigned to transport the inmates to Oklahoma by rail; his problems include a train that might not make it that far, all but four staff refusing the job transfer, and suspicion that the fire was not accidental. • author's website Kindle Edition from Minotaur Books [11/2010] for $9.99 Minotaur Books 8¼x5½ hardcover [11/2010] for $24.96 |
 | "Train Dreams: A Novella" [2011] by Denis Johnson First published in The Paris Review in 2002; an account of the life of an Idaho Panhandle railroad laborer, an ode to the vanished West that captures the splendor of a country that has since lost faith in its own mythology. Farrar, Straus & Giroux hardcover [8/2011] for $11.30 |
 | "The End of The Line: A Durrant Wallace Mystery" [2011] by Stephen Legault
Set in the Winter of 1884, when construction of the Canadian Pacific Railroad has reached the Rocky Mountains. Durrant Wallace was retired from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police when he lost a leg during a shootout, since he cannot ride a horse. But when the frozen body of the brutally murdered railroad contruction boss is found in the Bow River, Wallace is brought back to service. Kindle Edition from TouchWood Editions [9/2011] for $7.69 TouchWood Editions 7¾x5 pb [9/2011] for $15.03 |
 | "One Way Out: A Crime Novel" [2011] by John Russell Fearn
While traveling to Scotland by train, a London financier is confronted by the female secretary that he just sacked; his chief clerk later finds the man standing over her body, stating that she just committed suicide by strychnine; they remove all identification from the body and throw it from the train . . . Kindle Edition from Wildside Press [2/2012] for $2.99 {sic} Borgo Press 9x6 pb [11/2011] for $13.44 |
 | "Dead Aggies Don't Drive Trains" [2011] by Don Bemis Unemployed Rex Albert went wandering along a soon-to-be-abandoned rail line in the New Mexico desert; his decision to turn off at Communicado Junction and explore a hundred-year-old twice-failed townsite leads to all sorts of trouble. self-publd 9x6 pb [11/2011] for $15.00 author's official website |
 | "Old Time Railroad Stories: True Adventures, Humorous Tales, and High Melodrama From The Days of Steam" [2012] Edited with Introductions by Michael Gillespie includes 29 short stories and four news stories; authors include: W.H. Henry (3); Jack London ('Holding Her'); Frank L. Packard (2); Frank H. Spearman ('How McGrath Got An Engine'); Mark Twain ('The Invalid's Story') - and many others Kindle Edition from Great River Publng [1/2012] for $9.99 |
 | "Dead Man's Tunnel: A Hook Runyon Mystery" [#3 = 2012] by Sheldon Russell Set in the 1940s in Colorado; one-armed railroad detective Hook Runyon and his dog Mixer are assigned to a tunnel at the top of America's steepest railroad grade; when one of the Army guards is killed by a train inside the tunnel, suicide is first suspected, then a love triangle gone wrong, but Hook suspects something much more sinister. • author's official website Kindle Edition from Minotaur Books [6/2012] for $12.99 Minotaur Books 8¼x5½ hardcover [6/2012] for $15.79 |
 | "Inter Rail: A Novel" [2012] by Alessandro Gallenzi A young Italian leaves his repressive family and small town to wander around Europe on an InterRail pass; he finds love in Sweden and other adventures in Munich and London and Amsterdam and Montecarlo, and is caught up in international intrigue . . . Alma Books, Ltd 7½x5¼ pb [10/2013] for $12.14 Alma Books, Ltd 8½x5¼ pb [7/2012] out of print/used |
 | "Running With Mr. Bell: A Novel" [2013] by Will Gibson Harold Darden is an Afro-American with a fifth-grade education, so he is pleased and proud to work as a porter for Mr. Pullman, even becoming a trusted advisor to the man on certain company affairs. Harold's nephew Frank from Georgia gets a job at Pullman, but is assigned to work with Claude Bell, who is suspected of being a union leader. (Mr. Pullman hates unions.) Frank's brother Haley also comes up from Georgia, and the tension quickly builds until someone is murdered . . . Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [6/2013] for $3.99 CreateSpace 9x6 pb [6/2013] for $9.99 |
 | "Trains and Lovers: A Novel" [2013] by Alexander McCall Smith Four travelers on the train from Edinburgh to London pass the time by reminiscing about railway-related events in their past: a Scot tells of a painting that led to a romance; an Australian woman tells of her parents' happy lives running a remote railway station in the Outback; an American sees two men saying goodbye and remembers a love affair from long ago; and a young Englishman recalls what happened after he once got off at the wrong station. Kindle Edition from Random House Digital [6/2013] for $10.99 Pantheon 7¼x5¼ hardcover [6/2013] for $16.67 |
 | "Until The Last Spike: The Journal of Sean Sullivan, A Transcontinental Railroad Worker, Nebraska and Points West, 1867 (My Name Is America YA Series)" [ages 8-12; 2013] by William Durbin Kindle Edition from Scholastic Paperbacks [8/2013] for $5.38 Scholastic Paperbacks 7¾x5¼ pb [8/2013] for $6.99 Turtleback Reprint 7½x5 library hardcover [8/2013] for $15.48 |
 | "The Hanging of Samuel Ash: A Hook Runyon Mystery" [#4 = 2013] by Sheldon Russell Dispatched to check out a misfunctioning wigwag signal, railroad detective Hook Runyon & his dog Mixer find the body of a young man hanging by a rope from the signal, strangled to death. Kindle Edition from Minotaur/Macmillan [8/2013] for $7.59 Minotaur Books 8½x5½ pb [8/2013] for $15.00 Minotaur Books 8½x5¾ hardcover [8/2013] for $21.16 |
 | "Death Rides The Zephyr: A Mystery Novel" [2013] by Janet Dawson Set in December 1952; the California Zephyr streamliner passenger trains from Chicago to California were famous for the Vista Dome cars giving 360-degree views of the scenery; when the train is stalled by a snow storm and someone murders a passenger, Zephyrette {hostess} Jill McLeod must solve the murder before any more terrible events occur. Kindle Edition from Perseverance Press [9/2013] for $9.99 Perseverance Press 8½x5½ pb [9/2013] for $12.60 |
 | "Red Sky In Morning: A Novel" [2013] by Paul Lynch An Irish tenant farmer is threatened with eviction and the confrontation results in the killing of the landlord. The dead man's family sends hired thugs after the fleeing Coll, who endures sea passage to America and finds work on the new (circa 1830s) railroad just in time for an outbreak of cholera. Kindle Edition from Little, Brown/Hachette [11/2013] for $6.49 Back Bay Books 8¼x5½ pb [10/2014] for $12.34 Little, Brown & Co. 8½x6 hardcover [11/2013] for $20.60 |
 | "Martin Harbottle's Appreciation of Time: A Novel" [2014] by Dominic Utton A modern epistolary novel, i.e. all emails; after moving to the suburbs and commuting daily to London for fourteen months, Dan finds the email address of the railroad president and sends him a series of complaints about the daily inconveniences due to chronic railroad service delays; surprisingly, the railroad man replies in a kindly manner and the two men are soon engaged in a deeply-connected conversation. Kindle Edition from Oneworld Publns [1/2014] for $3.22 {sic} Oneworld Publns 7¾x5 pb [2/2014] for $12.83 |
 | "Slocum and The Bullet Express" [2014] by Jake Logan
Cowboy John Slocum has reached bottom (again) and his only way to elude bounty hunters and get out of San Diego is to stow away on the Yuma Bullet Express train; being hired to guard a railroad magnate’s beautiful daughter seems like good luck, but he soon finds himself facing down her outlaw fiancé – and marauding Apache war parties. Kindle Edition from Jove/Penguin [3/2014] for $5.98 Jove Books mass pb [3/2014] for $6.99 |
 | "The Stranger On The Train: A Novel" [2014] by Abbie Taylor While single mother Emma struggles to load her stroller & bags onto a train in the London Under-ground, her 13-month-old son climbs into the car without her and the door closes. As the train pulls away, a woman on board indicates Emma should take the next train and get off at the next stop, where she will wait with the boy. But after meeting up, Emma returns from the lavatory to find the woman and her son gone . . . Kindle Edition from Simon & Schuster Digital Sales [5/2014] for $10.93 Atria Books 8¼x5¼ pb [5/2014] for $12.34 |
 | "The Railwayman's Wife: A Novel" [2014] by Ashley Hay In 1948 in seacoast Australia, a wife and mother suddenly becomes 'just another postwar widow'. Kindle Edition from Atria/Simon & Schuster [4/2016] for $13.99 Allen & Unwin 9¼x6¼ pb [8/2014] out of print/used Allen & Unwin 7¾x5 pb [8/2014] out of print/used Atria Books 9x6 hardcover [4/2016] for $13.00 |
 | "The Railroad Man" [2014] by John V. Pasquariello An ex-New Jersey state cop has reached bottom, now leading a dull life as a railroad cop – until he pulls a young woman from a boxcar who spills a wild tale about being kidnapped, computer biometrics, and a mysterious rail shipment due the next morning. He figures she is a nutcase, until shadowy special ops military types take her away from him . . . Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [2/2014] for $2.99 {sic} CreateSpace 9x6 pb [6/2014] for $14.99 |
 | "Benedict Cumberbatch Reads Thrilling Stories of The Railway" [2014] by Victor L. Whitechurch [1868-1933] B.B.C. Books audio CD [7/2014] for $14.95 five stories by Rev. Whitechurch published in 1912 featuring vegetarian railway detective Thorpe Hazell: "The Affair of The Birmingham Bank", "The Affair of The Corridor Express", "The Affair of The German Dispatch Box", "Sir Gilbert Murrell's Picture", and "The Stolen Necklace" |
 | "The Rail Queen: A Novel" [2014] by B.J. Scott Set in Montana in 1884; seventeen-year-old schoolgirl Ryka Sundstrom dreams of doing what no girl has ever done - build a railroad. She gets closer and closer and eventually has a showdown with the feared Empire Builder of the Great Northern Railway, James J. Hill Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [12/2014] for $4.49 CreateSpace 9x6 pb [11/2014] for $13.81 |
 | "The Pullman Hilton: A Christmas Mystery" [ages 12-18; 2015] by Charlie Ryan Author grew up on Maple Street in Keyser, West Virginia - the setting for this novel of seven kids who find adventure and danger at the local railroad passenger car salvage yard. Kindle Edition from Single Star [1/2015] for $6.99 |
 | "The Girl On The Train: A Novel" [2015] by Paula Hawkins Rachel commutes by train to and from London each day, and becomes intrigued with a particular couple, often seen in their backyard. Then one day Rachel sees the woman kissing another man, and the next day the woman goes missing . . . Kindle Edition from Riverhead/Penguin [1/2015] for $10.99 Riverhead Books 9½x6½ hardcover [1/2015] for $16.17 |
 | "Shay" [2015] by Jan B. Young Three short stories in the style of 1930s railroad fiction; the action takes place on a Shay-powered lumber railroad in the years surrounding World War I Kindle Edition from LULU.com [1/2015] for $8.99 LULU.com mass pb [9/2015] for $19.95 |
 | "Iron Lines" railroad novel [2015] by A.J. Russell
The government nuclear power plant at Echelon in Iceland suffers a devastating meltdown; a veteran of the Chernobyl disaster is appointed to clean up the mess, and there's only one way to cross the volcanic wilderness from Reykjavik: the Járnbraut Ferõast - the Voyager Railway LULU.com 8¼x6 pb [11/2015] for $12.08 |
 | "Death Deals A Hand: A California Zephyr Mystery" [2016] by Janet Dawson Set in April 1953; seasoned Zephyrette {hostess} Jill McLeod heads west aboard the California Zephyr streamliner passenger train, expecting to spend time with family members and 'the new man in her life'; dealing with troublesome passengers and long-lost relatives and high-stakes poker games is not a surprise, but the stakes get even higher with a visit from Death. Kindle Edition from Perseverance Press [3/2016] for $8.98 Perseverance Press 8½x5½ pb [4/2016] for $15.95 |
 | "El Tren" short novel [2016] by Teresa P. Mira de Echeverría, Illustrated by Cecilia G.F. a group of explorers travel endless train tracks, trusting that at some point they will work with the natives of the planet, whom they call 'The Roasted' Kindle Edition from Café con Leche [11/2016] for $3.99 Café con Leche mass pb [11/2016] for $9.99 |
 | "The Orphan's Tale: A Novel" [2017] by Pam Jenoff A village teenager is impregnated by a Nazi soldier; the baby is taken away from her and she is given a job cleaning the railway station. She finds a railcar of babies and steals one of them and runs away, landing with a traveling circus, where she is trained by a Jewish aerialist . . . Kindle Edition from MIRA/Harlequin Digital Sales [2/2017] for $9.99 MIRA 9x6 pb [2/2017] for $10.43 MIRA 9½x6½ hardcover [2/2017] for $17.70 |
 | "The Bride Train Series Collection" for Kindle [2017] by E.E. Burke 
series official homepage • browse author's books at Amazon Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [9/2017] 5 novellas for $4.99 "Valentine's Rose" [#1 = 3/2016] Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [3/2016] for $2.99 Amazon Digital Services 8x5 pb [3/2016] for $7.00 "Patrick's Charm" [#2 = 4/2016] Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [4/2016] for $2.99 Amazon Digital Services 8x5 pb [4/2016] for $7.99 "Tempting Prudence" [#3 = 8/2016] Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [8/2016] for $2.99 Amazon Digital Services 8x5 pb [9/2016] for $7.99 "Seducing Susannah" [#4 = 3/2017] Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [3/2017] for $2.99 Amazon Digital Services 8x5 pb [3/2017] for $7.99 |
 | "The Bridge Troll Murders: A Hook Runyon Mystery" [#5 = 2017] by Sheldon Russell Lately stuck in an office job, railroad detective Hook Runyon is glad to get out in the field when the body of a local girl is found 60 miles down the line; on the negative side, he is asked to solve the case before the news-papers get wind of it, and he is told to let an aspiring criminologist from Back East tag along. Roadrunner Press 9¼x6½ hardcover [11/2017] for $23.89 |
 | "Laura and The Railroad Baron (Montana Women #4)" short story [2017] by Nancy Pirri An old Montana rancher dies and bequeaths the ranch to his daughter; he also has hired an aide to a Montana railroad baron to find a suitable husband for her . . . Kindle Edition from Satin Romance [6/2018] for 99¢ Melange/Satin Romance 9x6 pb [2017] for $6.99 |
 | "The Ghost In Roomette Four: A California Zephyr Mystery" [2018] by Janet Dawson Off-duty at midnight, Zephyrette {hostess} Jill McLeod walks thru the Silver Gorge Pullman car and sees a shimmering light where the body of a young man was discovered two months previous; others have also seen the light, perhaps a ghost who disagrees with the finding of death by natural causes . . . Kindle Edition from Perseverance Press [3/2018] for $12.42 Perseverance Press 8½x5½ pb [4/2018] for $13.07 |
 | "Body On The Train (Rita Patel Mysteries Book 6)" [2020] by Catherine Cooper In Spring 2016, history student & solver of mysteries Rita Patel is snatched from the busy center of her home town, the multicultural city of Leicester; while the authorities make their inquiries, Rita’s desperate family and friends begin a social media campaign and hit the streets to retrace Rita’s steps and get her back. Suspicion falls on a lodger who stayed at the family home for a while, and on Rita’s boyfriend. Meanwhile Rita’s school friend Priya learns about the murder on a train of Afzal Kahn: Rita was a witness to the incident and gave evidence in the trial of his daughter Tanisha. Could those events be connected? Kindle Edition from Oxford eBooks, Ltd. [12/2020] for $6.71 Oxford eBooks, Ltd. 8x5 pb [11/2020] for $9.00 |
 | "Murder On The San Juan Express: An Agent Nelson Paine Mystery" novella [2021] by K.C. Sivils of Texas German born physicist Johann Mueller immigrated to the United States in the 1930s to escape Hitler and the Nazis, and recently worked for the U.S. Department of War; when he dies under mysterious circumstances while traveling on Colorado’s famed narrow gauge San Juan Express, F.B.I. Special Agent Nelson Paine is assigned the sensitive task of uncovering the truth about Mueller’s death. Suspecting espionage, Paine continues Mueller’s journey, and soon discovers that things are not what they seem along the Denver & Rio Grande Western and the Rio Grande Southern railroads . . . Kindle Edition from self-publd [1/2021] for 99¢ {sic} self-publd 8½x5½ pb [3/2021] for $10.95 |
 | "Horror On The Orient Express (Call To Cthulhu)" [ages 12 & up; rev 2021] Edited by Mike Mason Appears to be 700-page expansion 'campaign' for the "Call To Chulhu" role-playing game, in two volumes: "London To The Alps" and "... To Constantinople"; includes complete campaign and player handouts, plus 24"x18" full color poster map Chaosium, Inc. hardcover box set [7/2021] out of print/scarce Chaosium, Inc. pb box set [12/2014] out of print/used Chaosium, Inc. pb box set [1991] out of print/used |
 | "Murder On The White Pass: An Agent Nelson Paine Mystery" novel [2021] by K.C. Sivils of Texas A different kind of war is being waged in the icy cold of Alaska and the Yukon Territory, with U.S. Army units assigned to building the desperately needed ALCAN Highway, where simple survival is difficult. But dead soldiers keep showing up on the border of Alaska and Canada, so F.B.I. Agent Nelson Paine and Royal Canadian Mountie Sergeant Mulgrove are dispatched to catch the killer, one who is familiar with the territory and the winter conditions that plague the White Pass & Yukon Route railroad, a vital link in the supply chain for the new highway Kindle Edition from self-publd [9/2021] for $2.99 self-publd 8½x5½ pb [9/2021] for $10.95 |
here on Spirit of America Bookstore's 'Railroads in Fiction' Pages
on page one: top of page • early railroad fiction • 1925 • 1950 • 1980
here on page two: top of page • 2000 • 2010 • RECENT & coming soon
'Books for Very Young Railfans' Page
Spirit of America Bookstore's American Railroads Pages
on page one: top of page • Links • Museums • Class I Railroads • Class II Railroads • Shortline Railroads
on page two: top of page • Railroad History • Narrow Gauge • Historic Rail Lines
on page three: top of page • Transcontinental Railroads • Railroad Moguls • Railroad Recordings
Spirit of America Bookstore's 'Non-Fiction Books About Railroads' Pages
Spirit of America Bookstore's Railroad Film Festival Pages
Spirit of America Bookstore's Scale Model & Toy Trains Page
G.E. Nordell's Arizona Travel / Railroads Links Page
G.E. Nordell's California Travel / Railroads Links Page
G.E. Nordell's Colorado Travel / Railroads Links Pages
G.E. Nordell's Nevada Travel / Railroads Links Page
G.E. Nordell's New Mexico Travel / Railroads Links Page
G.E. Nordell's Utah Travel / Railroads Links Page
G.E. Nordell's U.S.A. Travel / Railroad Museums Page
Visiting this webpage from outside the U.S.A.? It is possible to make purchases from these coded Amazon (USA) links
via other Amazon sites: just follow
these instructions.
Online sales in association with 
top of this page back to Nostalgic Americana Page back to Spirit of America Bookstore homepage