Murder at Broad Street Station

In 1903 Philadelphia, new technologies and modes of transport are turning the city into an industrial powerhouse. Clara Shaw, a paid companion for wealthy ladies, is transforming too—and discovering a surprising aptitude for solving murder . . .

Clara Shaw is uniquely equipped both by disposition and connections to flourish as a lady’s traveling companion. Her late father was a yardmaster for the Pennsylvania Railroad, and she is a distant relative of the prominent Biddle family, which gives...