The 1030 From Marseille Author:Sebastien Japrisot Scene France: All but one of the passengers on the Marseille express got off in Paris; Georgette Thomas stayed in her compartment - dead. Her murderer was swift and efficient, striking in the brief interval after the other passengers had left but before the clean-up man went through the train. Robbery was not the motive - all her money was still... more » in her handbag.
The police had little to go on, but as they found and questioned the dead woman's relatives, business associates, and traveling companions- and sifted their findings - a picture of the bold, bizarre ad peculiarly Gallic crime emerged.« less