Train detective Harrison Beck and his Uncle Nat receive a mysterious letter from an old friend asking for their help to investigate a deadly family curse. But no one really believes in curses, do they...? Hal and Nat journey across Europe on the Eurostar to Paris and the night train to Berlin, and go undercover as distant relatives of the wealthy Kratzenstein family. From a creaking old house at the foot of the Harz mountains, they take the family's funeral train to the peak of the Brocken Mountain. Can Hal reveal the secrets of Dead Man's Pass and the family curse before disaster strikes?
