On the Wrong Track

Rather than solving crimes in London, the Amlingmeyer brothers take on a case aboard a rail journey in 1893. Gustav, known as Old Red, and his brother Big Red have been engaged to protect the Pacific Express on its run to San Francisco. Before they can settle into the job, they find themselves facing a gang of conniving outlaws and a murderer who is somewhere among the passengers.

The book is the second in the Holmes on the Range series, whose cowboy detectives are modeled on Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. Readers who enjoy Western mysteries with a dash of historical detail will find the period setting of the American West and its railroads a central part of the appeal.