{"product_id":"obelists-en-route","title":"Obelists En Route","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Hopelessly rare in first edition and never before published in the United States, \u003cem\u003eObelists en Route\u003c\/em\u003e 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.","brand":"Otto Penzler, C Daly King","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46357176680684,"sku":"9781613166192","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46357176713452,"sku":"9781613166208","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781613166192.jpg?v=1744376441","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/obelists-en-route","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}