The Train from Platform 2

Name: The Train from Platform 2
Brand: Harper UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Stephanie Steel
ISBN: 9780008745981

Author: Stephanie Steel

Narrator: Beth Eyre

Unabridged: 8 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Avon

Published: 01/30/2025

Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Crime, Mystery & Detective, Police Procedural, Women Sleuths, Psychological

Synopsis

You’re trapped underground. There’s no way out. And there’s a killer on the loose… ‘Full of twists and amazing turns that will have you guessing till the very end!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader review When former Detective Inspector Jess boards the London Underground, it should be just a few short stops home. But as the tube barrels towards Baker Street, it’s brought to an abrupt stop, and they’re plunged into the darkness. And then she hears the screeching. Jess pushes through into the driver’s cabin. There, she finds his lifeless body, and stab wounds in his neck, still bleeding. With no escape from the train, and in the pitch black, Jess is thrust into a deadly game. In a race against the unknown murderer, Jess must unravel the sinister truth before the killer commuter strikes again… A nail-biting, addictive thriller, perfect for fans of Lucy Foley and Sarah Pearse. ‘I was hooked from the first page!’ ‘Kept me totally captivated…addictive’ ‘My heart was pounding…I absolutely dreaded what was going to happen next’

Reviews

Goodreads review by Alayne on December 20, 2024

This seemed to have promise and it started off well but, then it sort of drifts and the story gets stale as it's the same characters stuck on a tube train for hours and all they do is talk and snipe at each other. There is tension but, this didn't thrill me at all. My thanks to Netgalley and the pub......more

Goodreads review by Raymie on December 27, 2024

This is a solid thriller. It was fast paced which it needed to be as 90% of the book takes place in a single train car. Jess is coming home from a girls night out when the train stops and the lights go out. That is not the only problem. Someone on the train with them is a murderer. This was fast pac......more

Goodreads review by OutlawPoet on January 23, 2025

Okay, this was fun. It was pretty clear who did what from the beginning, though the why of everything was a surprise to me. The story is incredibly tense. The author really puts you in that train car - it's claustrophobic and some of these people were kind of nuts. I would not have wanted to be on tha......more

Goodreads review by Tiara on February 02, 2025

The ones who call this fast-paced are probably the same people who clutch the grab handle in the car whenever the driver goes over 50 km/h. About as thrilling as a bowl of cereal.......more

Goodreads review by Ruth on January 09, 2025

This is a locked room mystery, but the room in this instance is the end carriage of a tube train that is stuck underground in one of the tunnels. I have mixed feelings - I liked the idea of it: a group of strangers on a train, knowing that one of them has committed murder, but not knowing who it is,......more

Quotes

'A compelling locked room murder mystery with an unpredictable twist you won't easily forget.' ‘Plenty of breadcrumb clues and red herrings to keep you guessing….a satisfying mystery all tried up in a perfect bow.’ ‘A plot so tightly packed with shocks that you can taste the claustrophobia.’ 'A brilliantly taut setup: victim, murderer and the woman trying to get to the truth trapped together in a tube carriage. I was hooked from page one.’ 'A fun update on a classic crime format. This is a high-octane murder mystery with a Twenty-First Century spin. Clever use of the usual suspects who you'd meet on a late-night London tube train as suspects and a stopped train carriage as the setting. The kissing teenagers, the slurring drunks, the fatigued business people. One of them is a killer, and a passenger who's a former police inspector sets out to solve this claustrophobic crime. Great fun and a pacy read.' ‘This was a cracking read and so totally original. It had me hooked from the first page to the last. And the ending was a real shocker. Highly recommend it.’ ‘I was hooked from the first page!’ ‘Kept me totally captivated…addictive’ ‘My heart was pounding…I absolutely dreaded what was going to happen next’