Friday Forecast | Eva Jurczyk

Friday, November 7, 2025

 


Read: It always makes life so much nicer when I get an ARC to review, and I really like the book. Although, I recently did a poll on my Instagram, and the overwhelming response was that people want to know about the bad books just as much as the good. So duly noted

I'm currently 136 pages into 6:40 to Montreal by Eva Jurczyk and really liking it; although it's very different than what I expected.

From Amazon: No WiFi, no distractions. No way out...

Agatha's husband has bought her a first-class ticket on the scenic six-hour train from Toronto to Montreal as a gift - a one-day writing retreat so she can get some serious work done on her new book, a highly-anticipated follow-up to Agatha's runaway bestseller debut novel. The first-class car is the perfect place to be productive, with only a handful of other passengers, plenty of snacks and drinks, and beautiful views flying by outside the window.

But Agatha has other plans for her day out...plans that are unexpectedly derailed when the train breaks down in the middle of the frigid Canadian woods and one of Agatha's fellow passengers dies quietly in his seat. Soon, a pleasant morning in transit turns into a fight for survival against an unknown and unseen enemy. Will Agatha - or any of the passengers - make it out alive?

O.K. - Agatha, on a train, in a blizzard, and a passenger dies? Of course I'm going to read this book. But it's not all callbacks to Golden Age mysteries, as Agatha has some edge. I can't wait to see how this ends.

Do: This weekend is dedicated to painting my daughter's bathroom. Any volunteer?

Watch: Since I just finished reading The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood, I'm excited to watch the adaptation now.

ARC was provided by the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

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