Murder on the Flying Scotsman by Carola DunnI had never read a Daisy Dalrymple before and I'm so excited to have found a new series.

Daisy, a magazine writer, is on the train to Scotland when her potential beau's nine-year-old daughter, having run away from home, finds her. The train has already pulled away from the station so it's too late to send her home. Also on the train? One of Daisy's schoolmates whose entire extended family is also on the train in a last ditch effort to get the family's notoriously pinch-penny, misogynistic patriarch to change his will. It seems that Alistair McGowen believes that the family money should only go to someone in the direct male line. Right now, the only one that meets that description is his scapegrace twin brother. The older man spent a large portion of his life in India and (according to the rest of the family) now has some strange ideas. Like leaving his money to a young Indian doctor.

Amazingly, it's not the usual person (Alistair) who gets murdered. Instead, it's his brother Alistair. Belinda (the nine-year-old) is the one who discovers the body. Daisy takes a look at the scene and immediately deduces that this is not a natural death.

There is some terms used in this book that are firmly in the "racist" category these days. The overall tone was that everyone should be accepted because of who they are, not what they look like, but there were a couple of cringeworthy moments.

Four stars
This book comes out April 24

Great Whodunit. this was a new author to me, and I will definitely be going back to read others in the series. This book had an agatha christie feel.

This is an early Daisy Dalrymple, a quite fast read, set in the 1920's on the train from London to Edinburgh. Perfect example of a cozy, 'locked room(train)' and one of my favourite in the series. Alec makes an appearance, and the reader gets to know Belinda much better, as she is a main part of the story.

A fabulous easy read which sweeps you back to the 1930s. While this was one of a series its also a great stand alone book. Its one of my favourite DD books and inspired me to read many others. A new favourite author!

I'm not sure why this is being reissued after 20 years but it's a good, relaxing read for those who like English cozies. Murder on a train is nothing for Daisy, who is also dealing with the discovery that Belinda, the daughter of her love interest Alec, has stowed away with them. There's family intrigue, secrets, some twists (not too many), and a gentle tale set in the 1920s. Thanks to net galley for the DRC.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I actually picked it out because I was dying to read a train adventure, lol. I had not read any of the previous novels, but I don't feel left out. The author managed to introduce characters to me for the first time that I don't think would have annoyed someone who already knew them from previous works. The pace was perfect and even though there were many characters introduced, I didn't feel overwhelmed. I look forward to reading more by Carola Dunn.