Claire Whitlock has built her dream life running heritage railway tours through the snow-draped Rocky Mountains, sharing her late grandfather's love of trains with travelers seeking magic and nostalgia. When she leads the crown jewel of her Christmas season -- a three-day journey aboard the beautifully restored Northern Hearthline Holiday Express -- she expects nothing more complicated than hot cocoa service, caroling in the observation car, and the gentle rhythm of wheels on rails.

But during the festive evening cocoa gathering, one passenger vanishes without a trace. Garrett Finch, a quiet, nervous man clutching a worn leather satchel, was there one moment and gone the next -- from a moving train with locked doors and no stops. As Claire digs deeper, she discovers her passengers aren't the cheerful holiday travelers they appear to be. Each one harbors secrets connected to a thirty-year-old railway theft scandal, and someone aboard is desperate enough to make sure those secrets stay buried.

With her sharp-nosed Airedale Terrier Switch alerting her to clues others miss, and her grandfather's old conductor's journal guiding her instincts, Claire must solve the mystery before the train reaches its final destination and a killer disappears into the snowy night. Because on the Northern Hearthline Holiday Express, someone has turned a Christmas journey into something far more sinister -- and Claire's running out of track to find the truth.

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• Publication Date: November 18, 2025
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• Print Length: 95 Pages
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