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.