Shadows on the Train

Melanie Jackson

Mar 2007 · Orca Book Publishers

About this ebook

It's all aboard! for mystery when Dinah Galloway takes the cross-country train from Vancouver to Toronto, to appear on a TV talent show. But will she make it-or be permanently derailed? Along with her sister Madge, and her fellow junior musicians, tree fanatic Pantelli Audia and history buff Talbot St. John, Dinah is shadowed by someone who wants to get hold of an $80,000 treasure left by her late dad. But what is the treasure? The redheaded, singing sleuth realizes that the secret dwells somewhere in her dad's murky past, and involves a funny, if less than respectable, ex-con named Ardle McBean, and a mysterious man with a bowl cut. The mystery accelerates when Dinah's sweet, elderly piano teacher, also on the train, disappears and the danger to Dinah increases. She struggles to keep on the tracks of the mystery before the shadows, past and present, overwhelm her.

About the author

Melanie Jackson was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, and grew up in Toronto. She has worked as a reporter for the Toronto Star and as a freelance writer for such magazines as Chatelaine and Vancouver. She is the author of the 6-book Dinah Galloway Mystery series and currently works as a creative writing mentor for the Vancouver School Board. Melanie lives in East Vancouver, British Columbia, with her husband, daughter and cowardly cat. For more information visit her website, www.flavors.me/melaniejackson/.