spoltz
5/29/2026
This was an in-person book club read from an author who spoke at WorldCon last year. It’s described as Murder on the Orient Express with witches. It sort of is, as it is a murder mystery that takes place on a train. Gotta love those publishing houses that find it necessary to compare a new book to one or a cross between several classics. I haven’t read Orient Express, though I’ve seen one of the films, so I can’t really compare, but it felt much different. There was no master sleuth and there were way too many characters and suspects. Taking it at face value, the book is good, not great, but a decent enough mystery to warrant further readings of this author.
Come visit my blog for the full review…
https://itstartedwiththehugos.blogspot.com/2026/05/death-on-caldera.html