The Woman on the Orient Express by Lindsay Jayne Ashford

Lindsay began her career as a novelist with a contemporary crime series featuring forensic psychologist Megan Rhys.

She gained a degree in Criminology and was employed as a reporter for the BBC before becoming a freelance journalist, writing for a number of national magazines and newspapers. Any Christie fan, lover of historical fiction or alternate history will devour this novel.Ībout the author:Raised in Wolverhampton, UK, Lindsay Jayne Ashford became the first woman to graduate from Queens' College, Cambridge in its 550 year history. The characters are exceptional and the characterization of how she met her second husband and future lifelong friends The Wolleys also a mix of true and make believe is excellent.

The scenery is unfamiliar and alluring, dangerous and exciting from Bedouin bandits to archeological digs. The mix of real and imagined is superb, the storytelling is fabulous and the slow tempo fits this mesmerizing tale like a glove. Agatha herself narrates the story that begins just after her real life divorce and tabloid sensation disappearance and follows a fictionalized version of her actual Orient Express passage into the Middle East, plus hearing the voices of Hercule Poirot and her mother in her head add to both the mystique and the enjoyment of this exceptional novel. This amazing tribute to Dame Agatha is filled with both facts and fiction of one part of the unforgettable life of this one in a million, avant-garde woman.

The Woman on the Orient Express by Lindsay Jayne Ashford