Vultures in the sky /
Downing, Todd, 1902-1974,
Vultures in the sky / Todd Downing ; introduction by James Sallis. - 300 pages ; 21 cm - American Mystery Classics Hugh Rennert Mysteries . - Otto Penzler's classic American mystery library. .
The journey of the Mexico City-bound Pullman seems ill-fated from the outset -- what with the engine troubles and the threat of an impending railway strike -- but no one aboard expects the terror that will descend upon the luxury train between Laredo and its destination. First a man dies as the vehicle passes through a dark tunnel and then, just as United States Customs Agent Hugh Rennert begins to investigate, the train comes to a screeching halt in the middle of the desert.
9781613161791 1613161794 9781613161807 1613161808
Murder--Mexico--Fiction.
Railroad trains--Mexico--Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Vultures in the sky / Todd Downing ; introduction by James Sallis. - 300 pages ; 21 cm - American Mystery Classics Hugh Rennert Mysteries . - Otto Penzler's classic American mystery library. .
The journey of the Mexico City-bound Pullman seems ill-fated from the outset -- what with the engine troubles and the threat of an impending railway strike -- but no one aboard expects the terror that will descend upon the luxury train between Laredo and its destination. First a man dies as the vehicle passes through a dark tunnel and then, just as United States Customs Agent Hugh Rennert begins to investigate, the train comes to a screeching halt in the middle of the desert.
9781613161791 1613161794 9781613161807 1613161808
Murder--Mexico--Fiction.
Railroad trains--Mexico--Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.