The Man in Lower Ten - Modern Reader Edition

Now updated for modern readers like you! This new edition of the classic bestseller, The Man in Lower Ten, has been completely re-written so that the style is contemporary and easy-to-read while still preserving Mary Roberts Rinehart’s distinctive tone. Also included in this edition are short paragraphs at the beginning of chapters briefly explaining any references that you might find confusing. Kazabo Modern Reader Editions: Making classic mysteries fun again!

"The man lying in lower ten was on his back, his face illuminated by the early morning sun. But the light had no effect on him. A small red stain marred the front of his pajamas and trailed across the sheet. His half-open eyes stared blankly at the wood above, unseeing."

Washington D.C., 1907. What should have been a quick train trip for attorney Lawrence Blakeley, becomes a nightmare when a man is murdered in the berth that he was assigned to, and - to make things worse - shortly after the discovery, the train is wrecked. Blakeley is forced to solve the murder to prove his innocence, in a tour de force combining breakneck adventure, suspense, horror, mystery and romance, that keeps readers guessing at the edge of their seats.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876-1958) was perhaps the most beloved and best-selling American mystery writer in the first half of the twentieth century. She was often called “the American Agatha Christie” but that hardly seems fair. If anything, Agatha Christie, who began writing 15 years later, was the British Mary Roberts Rinehart.

EDITORIAL REVIEWS
“[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 New York Times

“Rinehart infuses into her story a lot of humor. Her liveliness of spirit and sprightliness of wit make The Man in Lower Ten a distinctive and remarkable work of fiction.” Philadelphia Recorder

“The Man in Lower Ten has a plot that holds the darkest tragedy under a sparkle of romance and comedy… an even more exciting story than The Circular Staircase, and the denouement is completely unexpected.” The Argus

“Rinehart cleverly manages to have the reader know things that the narrator doesn’t and vice versa.” Edwardian Promenade

“One of the strangest and most entrancing of latter-day mystery stories… Rinehart’s dialogue is crisp and scintillant.” The Sun