The Man on the Train is a prequel to the Angela Marchmont mysteries and can be read without fear of spoilers!

 

October 1925: On finding herself stuck in a small town in Illinois following floods on the railway line, Angela Marchmont falls in with a vaudeville company and helps a young man accused of theft prove his innocence.

 

This is a short story of fourteen thousand words—just right for an afternoon curled up on the sofa!