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Monday, October 2, 2023

#MurderEveryMonday: Covers with Train




Murder Every Monday was created by Kate @ Crossexamining Crime and @ArmchairSleuth. Put simply, the plan is for readers to take a photo of a crime fiction book (novel or short story collection) which meets a given week’s theme criteria and to then share it online, using the hashtag #MurderEveryMonday.

This week's theme is:

Cover with a train on

I didn't realize there are quite a lot of Golden Age murder mysteries set on or around a train. The increasingly common use of express train in those days was part of the reasons, I guess. Here are covers with train that I could think of:


















Have your read any of them? Which cover(s) do you like most?

If you want to participate, here's the list of the weekly theme:


4 comments:

  1. You've got some great classic train mysteries. The Wheel Spins is a particular favourite of mine.

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    1. The Wheel Spins is the most gorgeous from the list too (cover wise)!

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  2. It's funny that so many of this golden age mysteries have trains on the cover!

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