DEATH ABOARD THE HAMILTON
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Last published Fri, Nov 5, 2021
It is 1853 and Estella Fredericks is enlivened as she sits in her sleeping quarters aboard the Duchess of Hamilton. In a few hours she'll be setting out to Dr.Mallard's residence in Scotland, assisting him with a heart-wrenching stack of cases all following a meticulous serial killer.
Help!
Estella now paces her room for entirely new reasons. A woman was murdered on the very train she now stands in. The murderer was within reach and yet undistinguishable!
Together with her newly found comrades, Nikolai and Alec, Estella ventures on a journey to find the notorious killer who roams freely in the streets of Scotland.
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