Checkmate Cat Woodward Gatehouse Press DCF Paperback 2024 But who are you trying

But who are you trying to protect

but always battling for the truth

In this harrowing

And underfoot

The Paris Express is a propulsive novel set at the end of the nineteenth century about a high-speed steam train journey

Checkmate Cat Woodward Gatehouse Press DCF Paperback 2024 But who are you tryingWalter Longcluse is a mysterious figure, a drifter and self made man whose travels throughout France, Austria, and England resulted in a large personal fortune. Being personable, he is quickly accepted into the Arden family, former aristocrats whose once ascendant star has lately waned with unpaid debts and the shadow of a murder. As Longcluse courts Alice Arden, brother Richard becomes fast friends with Longcluse. A visit to a gambling club one night