Murder on the Orient Espresso (A Maggy Thorsen Mystery Book 8)

Its November and Maggy Thorsen, co-owner of the Wisconsin gourmet coffeehouse, Uncommon Grounds, is in South Florida at an annual crime-writers conference with her beau, local sheriff Jake Pavlik, who is due to speak as a forensics expert. Maggys pledge to behave solely as a tourist becomes trickier than she anticipated when the conferences opening night event turns out to be a re-enactment of Agatha Christies classic, Murder on the Orient Express. As Maggy and Jake reluctantly set off on the night train to the Everglades to solve the crime, its clear that, as in the original novel, nothing is quite what it seems. And amidst rumours of careers taken, manuscripts stolen and vows broken, it seems that in the Everglades as in life the predator all too often becomes the prey. ** A staged caper based on Murder on the Orient Express is interrupted by a real-life killer in this mystery featuring coffee shop owner Maggy Thorsen. Maggy Thorsen, co-owner of gourmet coffeehouse Uncommon Grounds, is thrilled to be leaving behind the cold winter weather of Wisconsin for sunny South Florida. In town to attend the annual crime-writers' conference with her beau, sheriff Jeff Pavlik, Maggy maintains that she's just along for the ride?no amateur sleuthing involved. But Maggy must break her pledge to behave solely as a tourist when the conference's opening night event turns out to be a re-enactment of Agatha Christie's classic, Murder on the Orient Express . As Maggy and Jake reluctantly set off on the night train to the Everglades to solve the 'crime', it soon becomes clear that, just like in the original novel, nothing is quite what it seems. . . It’s November and Maggy Thorsen, co-owner of the Wisconsin gourmet coffeehouse, Uncommon Grounds, is in South Florida at an annual crime-writers’ conference with her beau, local sheriff Jake Pavlik, who is due to speak as a ‘forensics expert’.

Maggy’s pledge to behave solely as a tourist becomes trickier than she anticipated when the conference’s opening night event turns out to be a re-enactment of Agatha Christie’s classic, Murder on the Orient Express. As Maggy and Jake reluctantly set off on the night train to the Everglades to solve the ‘crime’, it’s clear that, as in the original novel, nothing is quite what it seems. And amidst rumours of careers taken, manuscripts stolen and vows broken, it seems that in the Everglades – as in life – the predator all too often becomes the prey. When Maggy Thorsen and her beau, Sheriff Jake Pavlik, set out on a theatrical recreation of "Murder on the Orient Express" on a train ride through the Everglades, a real life mystery soon unfolds.