At head of title: Last violent call

"Benedikt and Marshall have been summoned by Roma to find the elusive scientist, Lourens, and bring him to Zhouzhuang. Time is of the essence aboard the week-long Trans-Siberian Express, but when someone is murdered on board, Benedikt and Marshall convince the officer in charge not to stop the train so that they aren't thrown off-schedule. Instead, they pretend that they are investigators and promise they can solve the murder, but as they dig deeper, they realize that the murder might having surprising ties to their own mission . . ."--

Issued in slipcase with the author's novella A foul thing, as part of two-volume novella set, with storylines and characters connected to and surrounding the events of the author's Foul Lady Fortune; slipcase box set title is Last violent call

Ages 14 up

Grades 10-12