This is your audiobook for October 2023, in which the club has chosen to read a supernatural mystery. Keeping to that theme, “The Four-Fifteen Express” by Amelia B. Edwards is a ghost story involving the unexpected meeting of two acquaintances on a train, a theft totaling seventy-five thousand pounds, and a missing person. This story was originally published in Routledge's Christmas Annual, in December 1866, but the mentions of Christmas Eve and Christmas don’t play a major role in the mystery’s atmosphere and tone. In addition to writing novels and short stories, Edwards was an English journalist, poet, traveller and Egyptologist. In 1882, she co-founded the Egypt Exploration Fund. She even gained the nickname "Godmother of Egyptology" for her contribution to the field.

After listening, if you'd like to discuss this story with other members or make suggestions for me to record in the future, head over to the audiobook club area of the forum to do that.