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Murder on the Cotswold Express
(2026)(The fifth book in the Lady Ashcombe Murder Mystery series)
A novel by Felicity Penn
A vicar's daughter turned baroness. A ruthless industrialist dead behind a bolted door. A luxury train with no way off.
Cecily, Lady Ashcombe, Vicar's Daughter Turned Baroness and Reluctant Sleuth. Cecily boards the Cotswold Express bound for Oxford, still smarting from a quarrel with a powerful magnate over a threatened churchyard. Before the countryside slips past the windows, one passenger will not reach the far platform. She wants to see justice done for those too small to fight for themselves. A bolted compartment, a carriage full of secrets, and a Scotland Yard inspector on holiday who would rather she stayed out of it.
Elsie Pickering, Lady's Maid and Sharp-Eyed Confidante. Elsie has served long enough to read a room before anyone speaks, and she keeps a notebook the well-heeled passengers never think to notice. She wants to keep her mistress safe and see the truth set right. Her place below stairs means the people who matter rarely think she is listening.
Trapped with a killer among strangers, Cecily must sort truth from silence before an innocent answers for another's crime. The orders from Oxford are plain: proceed, and nobody leaves the train. When the Express reaches the platform, whoever has not been named walks away for good.
Everyone on this train has a reason to lie. Only one of them had a reason to kill.
• murder on a train
• closed-circle mystery
• lady and her maid sleuthing duo
• 1920s historical cosy mystery
• amateur sleuth with a past
• locked-room puzzle
• justice for the voiceless
• clean closed-door cosy mystery
Perfect for fans of Golden Age locked-room whodunits, 1920s British amateur-sleuth mysteries, and character-driven ensemble puzzles with a faith-friendly heart.
Climb aboard the Cotswold Express and begin the mystery today.
Heat Level: Closed Door (no on-page intimacy)
Tone: Witty · Suspenseful · Emotional
Series Type: Standalone
Ending: Hopeful close
POV: Single POV · Third Person Content
Notes: off-page death, grief, classism, mild peril, family loss, wartime trauma Inspirational
Theme: Christian themes — woven naturally, never preachy
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Cecily, Lady Ashcombe, Vicar's Daughter Turned Baroness and Reluctant Sleuth. Cecily boards the Cotswold Express bound for Oxford, still smarting from a quarrel with a powerful magnate over a threatened churchyard. Before the countryside slips past the windows, one passenger will not reach the far platform. She wants to see justice done for those too small to fight for themselves. A bolted compartment, a carriage full of secrets, and a Scotland Yard inspector on holiday who would rather she stayed out of it.
Elsie Pickering, Lady's Maid and Sharp-Eyed Confidante. Elsie has served long enough to read a room before anyone speaks, and she keeps a notebook the well-heeled passengers never think to notice. She wants to keep her mistress safe and see the truth set right. Her place below stairs means the people who matter rarely think she is listening.
Trapped with a killer among strangers, Cecily must sort truth from silence before an innocent answers for another's crime. The orders from Oxford are plain: proceed, and nobody leaves the train. When the Express reaches the platform, whoever has not been named walks away for good.
Everyone on this train has a reason to lie. Only one of them had a reason to kill.
• murder on a train
• closed-circle mystery
• lady and her maid sleuthing duo
• 1920s historical cosy mystery
• amateur sleuth with a past
• locked-room puzzle
• justice for the voiceless
• clean closed-door cosy mystery
Perfect for fans of Golden Age locked-room whodunits, 1920s British amateur-sleuth mysteries, and character-driven ensemble puzzles with a faith-friendly heart.
Climb aboard the Cotswold Express and begin the mystery today.
Heat Level: Closed Door (no on-page intimacy)
Tone: Witty · Suspenseful · Emotional
Series Type: Standalone
Ending: Hopeful close
POV: Single POV · Third Person Content
Notes: off-page death, grief, classism, mild peril, family loss, wartime trauma Inspirational
Theme: Christian themes — woven naturally, never preachy
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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