{"product_id":"obelists-en-route-isbn-9781613166192","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\u003eAmong 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\u003eHopelessly rare in first edition and never before published in the United States, \u003ci\u003eObelists en Route\u003c\/i\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":"American Mystery Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48683523801317,"sku":"NP9781613166192","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/O_04f06795-de65-4a4c-aed5-3c9753b9f4d0.jpg?v=1775169864","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/obelists-en-route-isbn-9781613166192","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}