The Flying Scotsman: A luxury train and the fastest way to travel between London and Edinburgh, has become the secret escape route for a European Prince who has narrowly escaped assassination at a royal weddingāan assassination intended to prevent the finalization of a treaty vital to British interests in Europe.
Posing as a journalist, Mycroft Holmes and Paterson Guthrie, Holmesās assistant in his adventures, board the train to protect the prince during what should have been a quick, safe trip to Scotland. Their journey is interrupted almost immediately by another try at murder.
Guthrie spots some familiar faces among his fellow passengers. He and Mycroft have tangled with Scottish laird Sir Cameron Macmillan before. Is he behind the attempted assassinations? Then thereās the beautiful and dangerous Pauline Gatspy. Sheās helped Mycroft and Guthrie in the past, but thatās no guarantee that sheās on their sideāEnglandās sideāthis time.
The Flying Scotsman combines the established thrills and chills of the Mycroft Holmes series with the history and high society life of Scotlandās version of the Orient Expresss.
The Flying Scotsman: A luxury train and the fastest way to travel between London and Edinburgh, has become the secret escape route for a European Prince who has narrowly escaped assassination at a royal weddingāan assassination intended to prevent the finalization of a treaty vital to British interests in Europe.
Posing as a journalist, Mycroft Holmes and Paterson Guthrie, Holmesās assistant in his adventures, board the train to protect the prince during what should have been a quick, safe trip to Scotland. Their journey is interrupted almost immediately by another try at murder.
Guthrie spots some familiar faces among his fellow passengers. He and Mycroft have tangled with Scottish laird Sir Cameron Macmillan before. Is he behind the attempted assassinations? Then thereās the beautiful and dangerous Pauline Gatspy. Sheās helped Mycroft and Guthrie in the past, but thatās no guarantee that sheās on their sideāEnglandās sideāthis time.
The Flying Scotsman combines the established thrills and chills of the Mycroft Holmes series with the history and high society life of Scotlandās version of the Orient Expresss.