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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Highly Recommended, February 4, 2000
By A Customer
Psychic detective John Darnell prefers to find human answers to even supernatural incidents. His first famous case involved the maiden voyage of the Titanic. On the ship, John met Penny, the woman he later marries. Two years later, John and Penny are riding on the Orient Express where a week earlier a passenger claimed to have seen an apparition of a bleeding woman. The train's Board of Directors wants to know what is the truth behind the ghost.In 1914, Europe is a powder keg about to explode into war. Riding the Orient Express is two English couriers, a German General, Mata Hari, an industrial spy, the heir to the Romanian monarchy, and Agatha Christie. Two people are murdered and it remains up to John to insure that no one else die and the guilty party is caught. THE CASE OF COMPARTMENT 7 is an entertaining mystery that has the bonus of having Agatha Christie riding the rails. The real persona maintains their known personalities even as they are fully blended into the story line. The action plays against a volatile continent on the verge of World War I. Though somewhat tongue in cheek, Sam McCarver provides an exciting who-done-it that will give much enjoyment to historical mystery fans.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting Characters + Tense Intrigue = Great Mystery, March 24, 2000
Although I am hard-pressed to find any mystery book better than his first book ("The Case of Cabin 13"), I must say that "The Case of Compartment 7", Sam McCarver's second book, may be better than the first. His characters were not only creditable, but believable, likable, and well-formed. I have discovered that some characters were not fictional at all, but rather "real" people from the past integrated with new and interesting characters in a fictional, yet historically-accurate story. The mystery remains for us all until the end of the book; that is, unless someone possibly brighter than myself can figure it out beforehand. I would give this book "three" thumbs-up, if possible, and look forward to Sam McCarver's next book, which I understand is going to be entitled "The Case of the 2nd Seance". Here is hoping that Sam never runs out of "numbers" for the entire series of John Darnell Mysteries.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
needs work, May 17, 2001
i admit i didn't read the whole thing, but i believe i am not overly critical, and i couldn't stick it out. first, the writing is very awkward; as i was reading i kept thinking, this writing is intrusively amateurish enough to interfere with the story. In addition, the author uses way too many actual historical figures, which i think highlights the awkward writing, because i found myself thinking, "that person wouldn't talk like that, or think like that. also, the plot was, well, trite. not recommended
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