{"product_id":"obelists-en-route","title":"Obelists En Route","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHopelessly 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Otto Penzler","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42848978075709,"sku":"9781613166192","price":24.26,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9781613166192_dce2fb0f-cdab-4578-aa9e-3da6144e98c7.jpg?v=1766991044","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/obelists-en-route","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}