The Man in Lower
Ten is a mystery novel
written by Mary Roberts Rinehart which first in magazines in 1906 in
serialized form and was published as a novel in 1909. Lawrence
Blakely is in attorney who has to travel by train to Pittsburgh
from Washington D.C. to get depositions
for a major forgery case. On his return trip, is is assigned berth
lower ten in car seven for sleeping. When he goes to his assigned
berth, there is a man drunk and passed out in his berth, which he
can’t wake. He is given an open berth across
from his assigned one. When he wakes in the morning, he discovers his
clothes and other possessions have been stolen, including is bag that
held the signed depositions. Even worse, the man that was found in
his assigned berth is founded murdered and everything is pointing at
Blakely as the murderer. Will he be able to to find actual murderer
and avoid avoid jail time for himself and also find the depositions?
This is a good story and the author keeps you wondering if the truth
will be found. That said, I didn’t like it as well as The
Circular Staircase by the same author.
If interested in reading this story, you can download it from the
following sites in various formats:
Project Gutenberg: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1869
Barnes & Noble:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-man-in-lower-ten-by-mary-roberts-rinehart-mary-roberts-rinehart/1028634242?ean=2940012539212
World of Sleuths Rating: ➷➷➹➹
(Four out of six arrows)
