{"product_id":"9781804999479","title":"PRE-ORDER NOW Obelists En Route by C.Daly King","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e PRE-ORDER NOW - Published: 11\/06\/2026 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFirst published in 1937, a Golden Age classic murder mystery set on a cross-country train.   `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.   With 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.   `Ingenious . . . A satisfyingly complex solution to both crimes' - Booklist `Extravagantly brainy, gloriously dated' - Kirkus \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56369227399541,"sku":"9781804999479","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781804999479.jpg?v=1764612103","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781804999479","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}