The murder on the train

The first book in the mystery series that portrays the glamorous world of the Mitford sisters. January 12, 1920. Nurse Florence Nightingale Shore, goddaughter of her famous namesake, arrives at London Victoria Station in the early afternoon. After purchasing a third-class train ticket to Warrior Square, St. Leonards, she settles into the last carriage, where she awaits the start of the journey. Shortly before departure, a man in a brown tweed suit and hat enters the same carriage. It was the last time anyone saw the nurse alive. That same day, Louisa Cannon, an 18-year-old girl who dreams of escaping poverty in London and, above all, her dangerous uncle, jumps from a moving train to escape a terrible fate. Her salvation is a job in the countryside, at Asthall Manor, where the Mitford family lives. Working as a nanny and companion to the Mitford sisters, she becomes a confidant to the eldest, the shrewd and intelligent 16-year-old Nancy. When Louisa and Nancy discover that Florence was murdered on a train in broad daylight, they become obsessed with the story. Driven by curiosity, they uncover some clues that may help unravel the mystery, but they also become embroiled in the crimes of a killer who will do anything to hide his secret...