{"product_id":"obelists-en-route-c-daly-king-9781804999479","title":"Obelists En Route","description":"\u003cp\u003eA cross-country train journey where everyone is a suspect. An investigator with a love of puzzles. A Golden Age classic, perfect for summer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1937, a Golden Age classic murder mystery set on a cross-country train.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A highly ingenious, entertaining and unusual tale' - Daily Herald\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe luxurious Transcontinental Express, a locomotive journeying coast-to-coast across the United States, is the height of 1930s technology and sophistication. Alongside carriages for dining, drinking and dancing, there's even a swimming pool car. And it's there, just one day into the journey, that the corpse of a banker is found.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a killer on the train, the passengers soon begin to turn on one another. It's up to the clever Dr Pons - with his sharp wit and knack for impossible puzzles - to get to the bottom of the case, even as every new piece of evidence seems to suggest more perplexing possibilities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Ingenious . . . A satisfyingly complex solution to both crimes' - Booklist \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Extravagantly brainy, gloriously dated' - Kirkus\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"C. Daly King","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":67658312745203,"sku":"9781804999479","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9781804999479.jpg?v=1791313492","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/obelists-en-route-c-daly-king-9781804999479","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}