Obelists En Route
$23.13
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
6 October 2026
Summary
A cross-country train journey where everyone is a suspect. An investigator with a love of puzzles. A Golden Age classic, perfect for summer.
First published in 1937, a Golden Age classic murder mystery set on a cross-country train.
‘A highly ingenious, entertaining and unusual tale’ - Daily Herald
The luxurious Transcontinental Express, a locomotive journeying coast-to-coast across the United States, is the height of 1930s technology and sophistication. Alongside carri…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781804999479 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1804999474 |
| Author: | C. Daly King, Otto Penzler |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 6 October 2026 |
| Weight: | 280g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 127mm x 26mm |
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Critics Review
A highly ingenious, entertaining and unusual tale. * Daily Herald *
Ingenious … A satisfyingly complex solution to both crimes. * Booklist *
Extravagantly brainy, gloriously dated. * Kirkus *
About The Author
C. Daly King
C. Daly King (1895-1963) was an American psychologist and detective story writer. He was born in New York City and educated at Yale University. After fighting in World War I, he worked in textiles and in advertising before returning to school to study psychology, with a particular focus on sleep and consciousness. In the 1930s, King published nine books that quickly established him as a master of the Golden Age mystery, but ceased writing fiction with the advent of World War II.
Otto Penzler owns The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City and founded the Mysterious Press and Otto Penzler Books. He has written and edited several books, including the Edgar Award-winning Encyclopaedia of Mystery and Detection, and is the series editor of the annual Best American Mystery Stories of the Year.
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