First published 1950
Two strangers on a train hatch a twisted plan to commit murders for each other. As the unsuspecting architect Guy Haines gets dragged into the sadistic psychopath Bruno's twisted scheme, he finds himself trapped in a perilous world where anyone is capable of the unthinkable.
Genres: fiction, 20th-century, suspense, mystery, crime, psychological-thriller
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, psychological-thriller, unreliable-narrator
Period: 1940's
288 pages · Paperback · W. W. Norton & Company
Content warnings: murder, violence