Description:Two people are thrown together on a train to New York from Chicago and they've got a murder or two on their hands. Hildegarde Withers and John J. Malone are an odd couple - one an elderly schoolmarm and the other a rumpled lawyer who has never seen a glass of liquor he didn't like.Craig Rice, her more formal name was Georgiana Rice, was a popular mystery author in the mid-20th century, penning twenty novels and many short stories. Malone was her best-known character. She had a devoted readership, and in 1946 became the first mystery writer to appear on the cover of Time magazine.Stuart Palmer was also a popular mystery novelist at about the same time as Rice. He wrote ghost stories as well. His spinster school teacher, Miss Withers, appears in 14 novels and several short stories.For both authors, Once Upon a Train is one of their best-remembered. It actually is the first known mystery featuring leading characters of separate authors.Librarian's note: many crime and detective stories, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Fantasy and Horror Classics are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Once Upon a Train - a John J. Malone and Hildegarde Withers Mystery. To get started finding Once Upon a Train - a John J. Malone and Hildegarde Withers Mystery, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Once Upon a Train - a John J. Malone and Hildegarde Withers Mystery
Description: Two people are thrown together on a train to New York from Chicago and they've got a murder or two on their hands. Hildegarde Withers and John J. Malone are an odd couple - one an elderly schoolmarm and the other a rumpled lawyer who has never seen a glass of liquor he didn't like.Craig Rice, her more formal name was Georgiana Rice, was a popular mystery author in the mid-20th century, penning twenty novels and many short stories. Malone was her best-known character. She had a devoted readership, and in 1946 became the first mystery writer to appear on the cover of Time magazine.Stuart Palmer was also a popular mystery novelist at about the same time as Rice. He wrote ghost stories as well. His spinster school teacher, Miss Withers, appears in 14 novels and several short stories.For both authors, Once Upon a Train is one of their best-remembered. It actually is the first known mystery featuring leading characters of separate authors.Librarian's note: many crime and detective stories, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Fantasy and Horror Classics are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Once Upon a Train - a John J. Malone and Hildegarde Withers Mystery. To get started finding Once Upon a Train - a John J. Malone and Hildegarde Withers Mystery, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.