The stories in this omnibus collection feature some the most famous trains, and the best-known fictional characters in the mystery and thriller field. Several have become classic films. This anthology is a companion to 'Murder at the Races.'

Thirty two authors with 32 stories about murder on railways, from subways to transcontinentals, and in many different parts of the world.

They are: Agatha Christie, Freeman Wills Crofts, Dorothy Sayers, James M. Cain, Lina White, Patricia Highsmith, Georges Simenon, Elmore Leonard, Ronald A. Knox, Victor L. Whitechurch, Francis Lynde, Ernest Bramah, Craig Rice, Stuart Palmer, Leslie Charteris, Michael Innes, Brian Hunt, John Oxenham, Cornell Woolrich, Emmuska Orczy, Johnston McCulley, Michael Gilbert, Ken Follett, Maeve Binchy, Ray Bradbury, Thomas W. Hanshew, Jan Carol Sabin, Erle Stanley Gardner, William F. Nolan, Stanley Ellin, Roald Dahl, Basil Cooper, and Ruth Rendell. All for you to enjoy.