Last Train To Danville
For 135 years a Confederate treasure has lain buried. Digger, Don Gannon's childhood friend, is murdered. His fiancée vows to avenge his death. Harriett Roth masterminds a search for the killer and the lost gold.
Prepare to board the Last Train to Danville, for a thrilling journey through U.S. Civil War history and a present-day murder-mystery tour with surprises around each bend. Don Gannon is in for the ride of his life in this race to find the killer and to satisfy the reclusive Roth's lust for gold. R. M. Morgan promises and weaves an intricate series of plots for you to assemble and analyze as you sleuth for the truth. Can you identify the killer before Gannon? What clues does he miss?
Set in and around Asheville, North Carolina, USA, this story also includes the theft and dealing of Cherokee Indian relics and a local Southern family with a deep history involving the Confederate Navy and the James River Squadron. Featuring an interracial and multicultural cast that includes African-Americans, Cherokees, Hispanics, and a German refugee; academics, historians, down-to-earth cops, and country folk.
Last Train to Danville is the second novel in the Roth/Gannon Murder/Mystery series, centered on the principal characters of Harriett Roth, and Don Gannon. Harriet is a master sleuth and owner of her own detective agency. A strong-willed woman who demands and commands respect, she is somewhat of a reclusive figure, with a history of her own. Don Gannon is her primary investigator and right-hand man, clueless with women, a veteran, and ambitious.
R.M. Morgan is a modern-day Mickey Spillane as he carefully and skillfully makes the twin hunts for the murderer and the treasure a fantastic journey for the reader. He invites you to sleuth for the truth, with an ending you won't see coming. Be the first to write a review...
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"R. M. Morgan has done it again! After writing the riveting detective mystery Crown Hunt, he tantalizes us with Last Train to Danville. Again, he incites readers to sleuth for the truth!"
-Leonard Szymczak, bestselling author ofThe Roadmap Home: Your GPS to Inner Peaceand Award-winning author of Kookaburra's Last Laugh."For me, two things stand out about Mr. Morgan's Last Train to Danville. The first is the nuanced, quirky characters
populating this "who dun it." The second is the authentic local color that only comes from personal knowledge. Mystery lives in the mountains of North Carolina, too. An enjoyable read!"
-Dirk B. Sayers, author of Tier Zero, Vol 1 of the Knolan Cycle.
"This would make a great movie! I am amazed at how many characters there are, and they are fleshed out. As in the last book, I like all the history. I am very fond of the main characters. So much so, I don't want to see anything bad happen to them."
-Barbara Hennessey, beta reader of Last Train to Danville.
"R. M. Morgan has a knack for placing intriguing characters in unlikely situations. His hard-to-put-down writing
style keeps his readers riveted to the story in Last Train to Danville."
-Craig Wells.
