# Murder on the Safari Star: Adventures on Trains #3 - Hardcover

by **M. G. Leonard** (Author), **Sam Sedgman** (Author), **Elisa Paganelli** (Illustrator)

**In this third book of the middle-grade Adventures on Trains series by M. G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman, amateur sleuth Hal Beck travels to South Africa with his uncle to a ride a famous train...and stumbles onto a murder mystery!**

Following his adventure on the California Comet, artist and amateur sleuth Hal Beck is looking forward to another railway journey with Nat, his journalist uncle--this time riding the historic Safari Star through South Africa. Then the already eventful journey becomes even more so when one of their fellow passengers dies on board!

Accident . . . or murder?

With help from a new friend, Winston (and his mongoose, Chipo), Hal is determined to figure out if a murder has really taken place and, if so, who among a long list of suspects is the killer--all before the Safari Star arrives at its final destination.

### Author Biography

**M. G. Leonard** is the award winning, bestselling writer of the _Beetle Boy_ books, The Twitchers series, and the Adventures on Trains series. Her books have been translated into over forty languages. _Beetle Boy_ is currently in development as a live-action series for TV. Maya lives in Brighton, England, with her husband, two sons, a cat called Kasper, a dog called Nell and several pet beetles.

**Sam Sedgman** is an award-winning, bestselling novelist, and lifelong crime fiction enthusiast. He lives in London, where he once ran a company devising murder mystery treasure hunts. He grew up with a railway line at the bottom of his garden and has been fascinated by trains ever since.

**Elisa Paganelli** was in Modena Italy and lives in the UK. She is the illustrator of the Adventures on Trains series.

**Number of Pages:** 272

**Dimensions:** 1 x 8.6 x 5.7 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** February 22, 2022

**Award:** Edgar Allan Poe Awards (2023)

## Details

- **Price:** 17.99 USD
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- **Type:** Books
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