Blurbs for Mary Roberts Rinehart Mysteries

(Note: Books are listed alphabetically.)

Man in Lower Ten, The (1909)

by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Kensington (1st printing, December 2002)

Cover price: $5.99

MARY ROBERTS RINEHART

'Her name is synonymous with ingenious mystery. She is the author of over sixty chilling masterworks, and her millions of fans are a testament to her unequaled skill at weaving intrigue and villainy into spine-tingling tales of suspense ...'

THE MAN IN LOWER TEN

NEXT STOP: MURDER

'Lawrence Blakely wasn't taking any chances. The briefcase he carried with him held evidence that would convict a powerful figure in Washington of forgery. It had been an exercise in extreme cunning to procure the damning documents -- but that would prove nothing compared to the task of holding onto them.

'All seemed as it should be on the Capitol-bound Pullman; Blakely even managed to secure a lower berth. When it came time to turn in for the night, however, he found a drunken man already asleep in Lower Ten. So Blakely crawled into Lower Nine, instead -- only to awake the next morning bereft of his clothes -- and the precious briefcase. As for the man in Lower Ten, he was no longer drunk. He was dead ....'