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The Night Train West

1956. Hungary.  

The Hungarian revolution marched onto the international stage, but as Soviet tanks rolled into Budapest, Klara Takacs knew she would not survive another day under Communist rule.

When József suggested they escape to Vienna, she quickly agreed. But the ÁVH had spies everywhere.

Eight Letters. Sixty Days. One Case to Solve.

A letter arrives by mail. A story unfolds through the letters and the ephemeral artifacts in each mailing. You become immersed into the mystery. 
 

Each season, experience a new tale set in real places and based on historical events.

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Our Historical Mysteries By Mail

Agatha Christie wrote hundreds of stories in her lifetime. But the ones that resonated with readers through the decades were the ones that captured the era, the cadence and the details that defined the mystery genre for all of us. Writers who set their stories in the past, work hard

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