Can't remember the name of a book I want to read...

ficbot · 10-17-2009, 09:12 PM

Awhile ago, I got (maybe from here) a mystery, and now I want to read it but can't remember what it was called. It may have been Sayers, or possibly Agatha Christie. The plot involved two strangers meeting somewhere (perhaps it was a train) and realizing they each had someone they wanted dead. So each agrees to kill the person the other wants dead so there would be no evidence linking either of them to the other death. Does this ring a bell for anybody? What is the name of the book in question?

desertgrandma · 10-17-2009, 09:25 PM

Patricia Highsmith, Strangers on a Train.

Check out our ebook section to see if its been uploaded.

desertgrandma · 10-17-2009, 09:26 PM

Since she didn't die until 1995, its doubtful its in pb.

Kindle books don't show it. Perhaps the Sony store?

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/h/patricia-highsmith/

JSWolf · 10-17-2009, 09:28 PM

There is a movie Throw Mama from the Train with Danny Devito and Billy Crystal that has them doing a similar sort of thing.

pilotbob · 10-17-2009, 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by ficbot

The plot involved two strangers meeting somewhere (perhaps it was a train) and realizing they each had someone they wanted dead. So each agrees to kill the person the other wants dead so there would be no evidence linking either of them to the other death. Does this ring a bell for anybody? What is the name of the book in question?

There was just an episode of NCIS recently where that happened. The two guys met on the train. Tony DeNozo figured it out, of course because he remembered the classic movie Strangers on a Train.

It is amazing the coincidences in life. Recently I read _Flashforward_ and then a day after I finish I read on Engadget that CERN is just about to re-start the LHC again.

BOb

ficbot · 10-18-2009, 01:53 PM

Thanks! That sounds like the right book. Not sure where I found or saw it, but now I know what to look for!

10-17-2009, 09:12 PM	#1
ficbot Wizard Posts: 2,409 Karma: 4132096 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: Kindle Paperwhite/iOS Kindle App	Can't remember the name of a book I want to read... Awhile ago, I got (maybe from here) a mystery, and now I want to read it but can't remember what it was called. It may have been Sayers, or possibly Agatha Christie. The plot involved two strangers meeting somewhere (perhaps it was a train) and realizing they each had someone they wanted dead. So each agrees to kill the person the other wants dead so there would be no evidence linking either of them to the other death. Does this ring a bell for anybody? What is the name of the book in question?

10-17-2009, 09:26 PM	#3
desertgrandma Enjoying the show.... Posts: 14,270 Karma: 10462841 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Device: A K1, Kindle Paperwhite, an Ipod, IPad2, Iphone, an Ipad Mini & macAir	Since she didn't die until 1995, its doubtful its in pb. Kindle books don't show it. Perhaps the Sony store? http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/h/patricia-highsmith/ Last edited by desertgrandma; 10-17-2009 at 09:27 PM. Reason: link

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desertgrandma Enjoying the show.... Posts: 14,270 Karma: 10462841 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Device: A K1, Kindle Paperwhite, an Ipod, IPad2, Iphone, an Ipad Mini & macAir	Patricia Highsmith, Strangers on a Train. Check out our ebook section to see if its been uploaded.

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ficbot Wizard Posts: 2,409 Karma: 4132096 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: Kindle Paperwhite/iOS Kindle App	Thanks! That sounds like the right book. Not sure where I found or saw it, but now I know what to look for!

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