# Obelists En Route

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- Book: [Obelists En Route](https://www.bookquiver.com/charles-daly-king/obelists-en-route) ([Obelists En Route.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/charles-daly-king/obelists-en-route.md))
- Authors: [Charles Daly King](https://www.bookquiver.com/charles-daly-king)
- Publisher: transworld_digital
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-15-2998-119-3
- Published: 2026-06-11
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

First published in 1937, a Golden Age classic murder mystery set on a cross-country train. ‘A highly ingenious , entertaining and unusual tale’ – Daily Herald The 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