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The magnificent Transcontinental Express, showcasing the cutting edge of mid-1930s luxury train travel, is making its first trip from New York to San Francisco. For its record-breaking maiden voyage-coast to coast in three days with no passenger stops-the express carries only invited guests, among them renowned businessmen, physicians, psychologists and even a high-ranking member of the NYPD.
Among refined staterooms, an elegant dining car and a "recreation room" for bridge, ping-pong and dancing, the vehicle's most lauded feature is the swimming pool car-which is precisely where the waterlogged corpse of a prominent banker is discovered just one day into the journey. Uncertain of the cause of death and fearing negative publicity, the conductor drives on for the West Coast, charging a select group of passengers, including the sharp-witted Dr. Pons, with the task of uncovering what has occurred-even as every new piece of evidence seems to suggest more perplexing possibilities.
Hopelessly rare in first edition and never before published in the United States, Obelists en Route is a brilliantly complex Golden Age mystery from one of the greatest American authors of the period. Besides its intriguing whodunit plot, the book's period detail and locomotive setting make it a welcome rediscovery today.
The magnificent Transcontinental Express, showcasing the cutting edge of mid-1930s luxury train travel, is making its first trip from New York to San Francisco. For its record-breaking maiden voyage-coast to coast in three days with no passenger stops-the express carries only invited guests, among them renowned businessmen, physicians, psychologists and even a high-ranking member of the NYPD.
Among refined staterooms, an elegant dining car and a "recreation room" for bridge, ping-pong and dancing, the vehicle's most lauded feature is the swimming pool car-which is precisely where the waterlogged corpse of a prominent banker is discovered just one day into the journey. Uncertain of the cause of death and fearing negative publicity, the conductor drives on for the West Coast, charging a select group of passengers, including the sharp-witted Dr. Pons, with the task of uncovering what has occurred-even as every new piece of evidence seems to suggest more perplexing possibilities.
Hopelessly rare in first edition and never before published in the United States, Obelists en Route is a brilliantly complex Golden Age mystery from one of the greatest American authors of the period. Besides its intriguing whodunit plot, the book's period detail and locomotive setting make it a welcome rediscovery today.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Importe, Krimis & Thriller |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Einband - flex.(Paperback) |
| ISBN-13: | 9781613166192 |
| ISBN-10: | 1613166192 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | King, C Daly |
| Hersteller: | Penzler Publishers |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 200 x 133 x 31 mm |
| Von/Mit: | C Daly King |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 01.04.2025 |
| Gewicht: | 0,416 kg |
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Importe, Krimis & Thriller |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Einband - flex.(Paperback) |
| ISBN-13: | 9781613166192 |
| ISBN-10: | 1613166192 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | King, C Daly |
| Hersteller: | Penzler Publishers |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 200 x 133 x 31 mm |
| Von/Mit: | C Daly King |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 01.04.2025 |
| Gewicht: | 0,416 kg |
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