Guest Sleuth Spotlight: Finley Page—The Poisoned Petal Express
A librarian. A rescued golden retriever named Bessie. A snowbound train and a dead influencer. Meet Finley Page — free on BookFunnel.
The Book: Librarian Charlotte Wren lives by lists and schedules. She likes knowing what's coming. So when she inherits a mystery bookstore from a great-aunt she barely knew, she does what any organized woman would — packs a neat suitcase, books a seat on the Poisoned Petal Express, and sets off to claim her inheritance the way you're supposed to.
One impulsive rescue of a shivering golden retriever named Bessie, and Charlotte's careful plans collapse in minutes. When ruthless influencer Dylan Rhinehart is found dead in his compartment during a blizzard, the elegant train becomes a locked-room mystery on rails. With Bessie at her side, a charming travel writer named Theo Parker, and rookie Deputy Mindy Collier on the case, Charlotte has to do the thing she's least comfortable with: improvise.
Was it the flamboyant magician Rhinehart humiliated? The ice-queen socialite shielding her husband's past? The quiet chef with a family secret Rhinehart was about to expose? As snowdrifts bury the train and the suspects grow desperate, Charlotte has to unmask the killer before they realize she's seen too much. On this train, everyone aboard is hiding something — but only one secret is worth killing for.
Rating: Just launched on BookFunnel — a brand-new reader magnet from Finley Page.
What Readers Are Saying: Fresh release — early readers are just discovering it.
“A librarian who inherits a mystery bookstore, a rescued golden retriever named Bessie, and a snowbound train with no way off? Every ingredient on my favorite-tropes list, all in one book. Yes please.”
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