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I'm not totally sure about Perseverance Press (and am slammed for time right now and don't have time to research) and whether Janet Dawson's California Zephyr series should be considered conventionally published, but SYKM lists the four titles, and they are pretty picky. And Dawson's other, better-known, Jeri Howard series was conventionally published, including some award nominations. (And I've liked that series.) But if you are offended by this, skip the rest of the post .

OTOH, an omnibus of the four titles is free right now at Kindle US and UK, so if you try it and hate it, you're not out any money. And I like the premise of (again per SYKM) "a Zephyrette working on the California Zephyr between Chicago, Illinois, and the San Francisco Bay Area, in the early 1950s" as the protagonist. So I'm going to try it!

Oh yeah, titles include:

• Death Rides the Zephyr
• Death Deals a Hand
• The Ghost in Roomette Four
• Death Above the Line

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09WCTZQ7B
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09WCTZQ7B

Spoiler:

ALL FOUR JILL McLEOD CALIFORNIA ZEPHYR MYSTERIES IN A BOX SET.

Zephyrette Jill McLeod is armed with good instincts and her knowledge of human nature, skills that serve her well when murder rides the train.

DEATH RIDES THE ZEPHYR

A COLD-BLOODED KILLER. A COLD, REMOTE CANYON. A MURDERED PASSENGER.

Zephyrette Jill McLeod spends her working days answering questions, taking dinner reservations, or providing first aid. She can usually solve any problem. But she wasn’t counting on a missing passenger—and a body in a sleeper car.

DEATH DEALS A HAND

WHO GETS THE DEAD MAN’S HAND? A HIGH-STAKES POKER GAME. DEATH HAS A SEAT AT THE TABLE.

Zephyrette Jill McLeod is back on the rails, riding the sleek silver streamliner west from Chicago to San Francisco. She can deal with almost anything, from an unexpected reunion with a long-lost relative to a troublesome passenger who likes to play poker—and has a shady past.

THE GHOST IN ROOMETTE FOUR

A GHOST ABOARD THE CALIFORNIA ZEPHYR?

Zephyrette Jill McLeod tells herself that shimmering light couldn’t possibly be a ghost. She doubts the evidence of her own eyes. But she can’t explain it. Does it have something to do with that body Jill found two months ago?

DEATH ABOVE THE LINE

LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION—MURDER.

Jill McLeod is playing a Zephyrette in a film noir. Dark conflicts swirl around cast and crew. A studio executive's visit brings hidden emotions boiling into view.