Tag: Trains
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A full-day scenic railway journey in New Zealand (real vs fictional)
I traded in the fictional Kelvin Explorer for the very real Northern Explorer yesterday. The full-day scenic railway journey runs much of the length of New Zealand’s North Island “from rolling farmland and volcanic landscapes to dramatic river gorges and rugged coastlines.” Also: engineering marvels like the Makohine Viaduct and the Raurimu Spiral. A very…
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One week since release: is the Kelvin Explorer on track?
It’s been one week since the release of my latest mystery, Killer on the Kelvin Explorer. So, are we on track? Readers have left lots of lovely five-star ratings, said such nice things in reviews, and pushed us right up the charts. A huge thank you to everyone who has joined us aboard the Kelvin…
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Murder on the Orient Express meets The Thursday Murder Club in new NZ train mystery
If you combine Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express with Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club, then add a dash of gay, a dollop of millennial, and a whole train-load of New Zealand, you’ll get G. B. Ralph’s Killer on the Kelvin Explorer. Killer on the Kelvin Explorer Addison Harper and Sergeant Jake Murphy…