Description
First published in 1948, Death on the Last Train is a Chief Inspector Littlejohn mystery full of false leads, dead ends and old-fashioned charm.
Detective Inspector Littlejohn of Scotland Yard is travelling to an assignment, exhausted after an arduous journey of delayed connections, when he catches the last train. A murder occurs in his carriage, putting on hold any other plans he may have had. The local police, out of their depth, commandeer the detective to help them solve the case.
Delving into unrequited love, betrayal, and poison pen letters, Littlejohn must pick apart a tangle of grudges. Many men and women seem primed with motives, but which of them has it in them to kill?
Author: George Bellairs
Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
Published: 05/24/2018
Pages: 218
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 9.25h x 6.02w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9781448217311
ISBN10: 1448217318
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Thrillers | Crime
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Cozy | General
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Historical
Detective Inspector Littlejohn of Scotland Yard is travelling to an assignment, exhausted after an arduous journey of delayed connections, when he catches the last train. A murder occurs in his carriage, putting on hold any other plans he may have had. The local police, out of their depth, commandeer the detective to help them solve the case.
Delving into unrequited love, betrayal, and poison pen letters, Littlejohn must pick apart a tangle of grudges. Many men and women seem primed with motives, but which of them has it in them to kill?
Author: George Bellairs
Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
Published: 05/24/2018
Pages: 218
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 9.25h x 6.02w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9781448217311
ISBN10: 1448217318
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Thrillers | Crime
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Cozy | General
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Historical
About the Author
George Bellairs is a pen name of Harold Blundell (1902-1985), a crime writer born in Lancashire. Blundell was a prolific writer who published over 50 crime and mystery novels in his life, most of them featuring the detective Inspector Littlejohn. Blundell also wrote regularly for the Manchester Guardian.