Project PD Mysteries & Thrillers: The Man in Lower Ten

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

Many Books: http://manybooks.net/titles/rinehartetext99tmilt10.html

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Man-Lower-Mary-Roberts-Rinehart-ebook/dp/B0082UL4F0/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1525733491&sr=1-1&keywords=the+man+in+lower+ten

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)