Death on a Southern Breeze

The novel tells the story of an 1860 train journey from Charlotte to Charleston during which a teenage Citadel cadet and his twin sister team up with Allan Pinkerton's top detective to solve the on-board murder oa a hot-headed Southern secessionist. Multiple layers of intrigue confront the detecting trio as military espionage, industrial opportunism, and the secret workings of the Underground Railroad are concentrated in a passenger car filled with the tension of the times.