Samantha Sudol is a medievalist, writer, and editor. She holds a master’s in literary studies from the University of Exeter with a focus on medieval literature. She is an author and editor at the Observatory.
It’s 1925, one year after James Anderson was forced to leave his job with the Conway Police in New Hampshire. He has started over in New York, but then he gets a phone call that pulls him back home to an unsolved mystery and to personal struggles he’d hoped to escape.
On the very first night aboard a private train called The Blue Star, the young head of the wealthy Cross family is found brutally stabbed, with the number 71200 carved into her arm. This strange clue, along with messages based on Greek mythology, prompts him to investigate the crime together with a brash journalist named Martin O’Reilly.
As they dig deeper, Anderson discovers that things aren’t what they seem. The Cross family’s shiny reputation hides dark secrets.
On the very first night aboard a private train called The Blue Star, the young head of the wealthy Cross family is found brutally stabbed, with the number 71200 carved into her arm. This strange clue, along with messages based on Greek mythology, prompts him to investigate the crime together with a brash journalist named Martin O’Reilly.
As they dig deeper, Anderson discovers that things aren’t what they seem. The Cross family’s shiny reputation hides dark secrets.