<p>This volume of <em>3 Detectives </em>has a railway theme, with mystery short stories from the early 1900s and a newspaper serial novel from the 1930s.</p><p>&#39;The Investigations of Godfrey Page, Railwayac&#39; (Victor L. Whitechurch, 1903-1904): Godfrey Page is a &lsquo;railway maniac,&rsquo; or railwayac, whose detailed knowledge of every aspect of the British rail system gives him an edge in solving puzzling mysteries: murder, theft, smuggling, and anything else that involves the railroad.</p><p>&#39;The Railway Adventures of Sir Jasper Buckland&#39; (Guy Thorne, 1916-1918): Sir Jasper Buckland worked his way up the ranks of the Great Union Railway, spending many years as a railway detective. These stories collect his adventures in solving mysteries and fighting crime on the rails. A few are adventure tales, one supernatural. He solves the mystery of a disappearing special, the kidnapping of a wealthy American railway magnate, and the murders of several passengers on a lonely stretch of track . . .</p><p>&#39;The Mystery of the Private Car&#39; (Edwin D. Torgerson, 1933): Millionaire J. Proctor Milburn has been hosting a rolling party in his private car, heading north from New York to Canada, but suddenly comes to the conclusion that his &lsquo;friends&rsquo; (show girls and hangers-on) are simply leeches draining what they can from his vast fortune. This doesn&rsquo;t sit well, and it isn&rsquo;t long before the Canadian police are investigating the murder of poor Mr. Milburn.</p>