I'm so excited about traveling aboard the scenic Coast Starlight a week from tomorrow. This Amtrak route on America's west coast has been described as one of the most beautiful train rides in America.
I'll be traveling from Los Angeles to Seattle and look forward to seeing unspoiled views of the California coastline, fall foliage in the forests of Northern California and Oregon, and the splendor of Mount Shasta and Mount Rainer in Washington.
This is my second trip on the Coast Starlight and I booked a bedroom in one of the sleeper cars. All meals are included in the price. My room has a sofa that converts into a double-size bed, its own private bathroom and shower, a locked door from the inside, and two comfortable seats on each side of a small table that are right next to a large window where I can watch as the countryside roll by.
In this time of COVID, the privacy of my own room where I don't have to worry about social distancing or wear a mask, as I would if I were traveling business or coach, is especially appreciated.
I write murder mysteries with my husband (under the pen name Louise Hathaway) and one of my cozy mysteries takes place on the Coast Starlight. I began writing this when I last traveled on the train ride.
Here's what it's about:
In this intriguing cozy mystery, two sisters, one a homicide detective, the other an erotic romance writer, travel aboard Amtrak's scenic Coast Starlight from Los Angeles to Seattle when a famous movie star on the train is murdered. Then, to make matters worse, a forest fire in Oregon stops the train dead in its tracks with the killer still onboard. With a cast of characters who seem to have a motive for murder, will two detectives be able to figure out the killer's ingenious plot in time before someone else ends up dead?
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