Publisher's Synopsis
The Four-Fifteen Express is a mystery novel written by Amelia B. Edwards. The story follows the character of Richard Redfield, who is a young lawyer that is returning home from a business trip in London. He boards the four-fifteen express train and meets a beautiful woman named Vera. They strike up a conversation and Richard is immediately smitten with her. However, their conversation is interrupted when the train suddenly stops in the middle of the countryside. The passengers are informed that there has been a derailment up ahead and they will have to wait for a rescue train. While they wait, Richard and Vera notice a strange man lurking around the train. They become suspicious of him and begin to investigate. As they dig deeper, they uncover a web of deceit and danger that puts their lives in peril. The Four-Fifteen Express is a thrilling mystery that will keep readers on the edge of their seats until the very end.John Dwerrihouse had absconded three months ago--and I had seen him only a few hours back! John Dwerrihouse had embezzled seventy-five thousand pounds ofthe company's money, yet told me that he carried that sum upon his person! Were ever facts so strangely incongruous, so difficult to reconcile? How should he have ventured again into the light of day? How dared he show himself along the line? Above all, what had he been doing throughout those mysterious three months of disappearance?This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
