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The Man in Lower Ten
章节(31)
- I: I Go to Pittsburg 0:00
- II: A Torn Telegram 17:23
- III: Across the Aisle 35:00
- IV: Numbers Seven and Nine 44:44
- V: The Woman in the Next Car 57:04
- VI: The Girl in Blue 1:05:00
- VII: A Fine Gold Chain 1:16:38
- VIII: The Second Section 1:22:29
- IX: The Halcyon Breakfast 1:30:09
- X: Miss West’s Request 1:43:16
- XI: The Name Was Sullivan 1:51:59
- XII: The Gold Bag 2:05:13
- XIII: Faded Roses 2:23:42
- XIV: The Trapdoor 2:34:24
- XV: The Cinematograph 2:48:07
- XVI: The Shadow of a Girl 3:07:03
- XVII: At the Farmhouse Again 3:17:36
- XVIII: A New World 3:29:16
- XIX: At the Table Next 3:37:33
- XX: The Notes and a Bargain 3:47:10
- XXI: McKnight’s Theory 3:54:33
- XXII: At the Boardinghouse 4:03:07
- XXIII: A Night at the Laurels 4:13:57
- XXIV: His Wife’s Father 4:38:51
- XXV: At the Station 4:55:23
- XXVI: On to Richmond 5:07:00
- XXVII: The Sea, the Sand, the Stars 5:25:57
- XXVIII: Alison’s Story 5:44:49
- XXIX: In the Dining-Room 5:58:53
- XXX: Finer Details 6:17:05
- XXXI: And Only One Arm 6:45:32
Lawrence Blakeley has traveled to Pittsburgh to collect the deposition of rich industrialist John Gilmore, chief witness for the prosecution in a forgery trial, while his legal partner Richey McKnight visits his fiancee at her home in Richmond. What should have been a standard legal procedure to help secure a conviction in their favor becomes instead the beginning of great misfortune for Blakeley.
After being forced to sleep in a vacant bunk upon finding a drunk occupying his paid-for one, Blakeley wakes up to discover that all his belongings are missing. The search for the stolen evidence is further complicated when a lifeless body is discovered, and Blakeley—the murder weapon mysteriously appearing in his possession—becomes the main suspect.
Blakeley has to work out how a tangled web of clues that surrounds the murder, a beautiful but mysterious woman with a familiar face, and a seemingly unrelated legal case are all interconnected to his predicament.
Published in 1909, The Man in Lower Ten was an early pioneer in American crime novels and an instant bestseller, helping to establish passenger trains as suitable settings for murder mysteries.