I. Go to Pittsburgh
II. A Torn Telegram
III. Across the Aisle
IV. Numbers Seven and Nine
V. The Woman in the Next Car
VI. The Girl in Blue
VII. A Fine Gold Chain
VIII. The Second Section
IX. The Halcyon Breakfast
X. Miss West's Request
XI. The Name was Sullivan
XII. The Gold Bug
XIII. Faded Roses
XIV. The Trapdoor
XV. The Cinemat graph
XVI. The Shadow of a Girl
XVII. At the Farmhouse Again
XVIII. A New World
XIX. At the Table Next
XX. The Notes and a Bargain
XXI. McKnight's Theory
XXII. At the Boardinghouse
XXIII. A Night at the Laurels
XXIV. His Wife's Father
XXV. At the Station
XXVI. On to Richmond
XXVII. The Sea, the Sand, the Stars
XXVIII. Alkison's Story
XXIX. In the Dining Room
XXX. Finer Details
XXXI. And Only One Hand
Washington, D.C.-based attorney Lawrence Blakely has been asked by his partner to deliver some important documents to a client in Pittsburgh. In the course of his return trip, the occupant of the train berth opposite his―the lower ten, which Blakely was supposed to have taken?is savagely murdered. Was Blakely the intended victim, and did the crime have something to do with his briefcase full of vital evidence? When the murder weapon turns up underneath his pillow, Blakely becomes the prime suspect and is forced to stay one step ahead of the police in an increasingly deadly mystery.
Written by Mary Roberts Rinehart, "the American Agatha Christie," this was the first detective novel to crack national bestseller lists. According to The New York Times, "[Rinehart's] literary distinction lies in the combination of love, humor, and murder that she wove into her tales ... She helped the mystery story grow up." The Man in Lower Ten was Rinehart's debut novel, and it remains a thrilling tale of homicide, mayhem, and romance.
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Known as the American Agatha Christie, Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876?1958) is reputed to have originated the expression, "the butler did it" (although she didn't). She is also credited with inventing the "Had-I-But-Known" school of mystery writing. Many of her books and plays have been adapted for movies, and her classic mystery, The Circular Staircase, is available from Dover.