Blood on the tracks / edited and introduced by Martin Edwards.
"A signalman is found dead by a railway tunnel. A man identifies his wife as a victim of murder on the underground. Two passengers mysteriously disappear between stations, leaving behind a dead body. Trains have been a favourite setting of many crime writers, providing the mobile equivalent of the 'locked-room' scenario. Their enclosed carriages with a limited number of suspects lend themselves to seemingly impossible crimes. In an era of cancellations and delays, alibis reliant upon a timely train service no longer ring true, yet the railway detective has enjoyed a resurgence of popularity in the twenty-first century. Both train buffs and crime fans will delight in this selection of fifteen railway-themed mysteries, featuring some of the most popular authors of their day alongside less familiar names."--Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781464209697
- ISBN: 1464209693
- Physical Description: 349 pages ; 20 cm.
- Edition: First US trade paperback edition.
- Publisher: Scottsdale, Arizona : Poisoned Pen Press, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Railway mysteries"--Cover. "Published by Poisoned Pen Press in association with the British Library"--Title page verso. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The man with the watches / Arthur Conan Doyle -- The mystery of Felwyn Tunnel / L. T. Meade and Robert Eustace -- How he cut his stick / Matthias McDonnell Bodkin -- The mysterious death on the underground railway / Baroness Orczy -- The affair of the corridor express / Victor L. Whitechurch -- The case of Oscar Brodski / R. Austin Freeman -- The eighth lamp / Roy Vickers -- The knight's cross signal problem / Ernest Bramah -- The unsolved puzzle of the man with no face / Dorothy L. Sayers -- The railway carriage / F. Tennyson Jesse -- Mystery of the slip-coach / Sapper -- The level crossing / Freeman Wills Crofts -- The Adventure of the first-class carriage / Ronald Knox -- Murder on the 7.16 / Michael Innes -- The coulman handicap / Michael Gilbert. |
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Subject: | Railroad travel > Fiction. |
Genre: | Detective and mystery fiction. Short stories. |
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Covington Branch | M BLOOD ON (Text) | 33126023146156 | Mystery | Available | - |