Someone Rotten Riding the Rails

Kris Bock

Jan 2024 · Tule Publishing

About this ebook

Kate Tessler and her crew of misfits set out to blow the whistle on two feuding crime families . . . 

Former war correspondent Kate Tessler has solved multiple murders since returning to her Arizona hometown, to the grudging appreciation of the local police. Now Detective Padilla and the FBI approach Kate with a proposal. Two Russian crime families have rented a private historic train to the Grand Canyon for their children’s wedding. The route is scenic and remote. No cell phones. The FBI needs to surveil, but anyone infiltrating the train must be above suspicion.

Kate poses as herself, sent by the newspaper to cover the society wedding, while her sister Jen is the photographer. Their multi-generational and eccentric crew pose as train staff. The goal is to observe, but that quickly derails when the groom disappears, and a search for him turns up a dead body. Everyone’s a suspect and trapped on the train.

The mob families won’t contact the police, so it’s up to Kate and friends to uncover the truth before their whole mission goes off the tracks.

Ratings and reviews

Exciting and unpredictable. A wedding on a train between rival Russian mafia families. What could go wrong? This book is a nail biter and I had a hard time putting it down. I just needed to know what happened next. It is the perfect mystery story; interesting and unpredictable. I enjoyed catching up with Kate, Jen and the Coffee Shop Irregulars. Even though this is part of a series, it can be read as a stand-alone.

The hopeful private detectives of Jen and Kate and their group of friends are asked by the local police to go undercover on the Grand Canyon train that will be filled with Mafia families for a wedding. The police fear that the chance for illegal dealings will transpire and they need to have a crew aboard to find out. There is danger but of a different kind. I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Someone Rotten Riding the Rails by Kris Bock was an enjoyable mystery. I haven't read the previous books in The Accidental Detective series. This is book six in the series and it didn't take anything away from not having read previous books to still like this one. I look forward to reading more books by Kris Bock.