{"product_id":"9781804999479","title":"Obelists En Route","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  King, C. Daly \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eClassic crime\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 11 June 2026 by Transworld Publishers Ltd (Penguin (Transworld)) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 384 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 127 x 26 | 264g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1937, a Golden Age classic murder mystery set on a cross-country train.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A highly ingenious, entertaining and unusual tale’ – Daily HeraldThe 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\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\u003cp\u003e‘Ingenious . . . A satisfyingly complex solution to both crimes’ – Booklist ‘Extravagantly brainy, gloriously dated’ – Kirkus\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HUNTS BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58303385338237,"sku":"9781804999479","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/8635\/9739\/files\/9781804999479.jpg?v=1781966264","url":"https:\/\/huntsbookshop.com\/products\/9781804999479","provider":"Hunt's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}