Next Stop: Murder! is the eighth Dreadful Crimes case: a vagrant pulls a dead industrialist out of the Thames, and the trail leads to a train leaving Victoria Station. You board train 616 and question its staff and passengers about what happened at midnight.
Part 8 of 10 in The Dreadful Crimes
The dead man is Matthew Killian. The vagrant who found him lost his job when machines replaced workers. On the train, the barman Ryan saw two businessmen drinking and arguing, and mentions that the steward Peter was sacked from a foundry months ago. The passenger Luke heard noises on the roof. Vivian, a regular who charms wealthy travellers, says an anonymous note called her to the dining car just before midnight. Killian's rival Angus Wolf was overcome after a single drink.
Peter, Ryan, Luke, Sam, Angus Wolf and Vivian.
Peter Jespers had lost his job when Killian mechanised his factory. He used a note to draw Vivian away, then dragged the drugged Killian onto the roof and threw him off at midnight. Wolf had drugged the brandy only to make Killian miss a meeting, and drank some himself.
The victim's broken watch stopped just after midnight, and one of his shoes is snagged on a bolt at the top of a carriage. A newspaper in the restaurant car covers Killian's push to close a large deal in Wales and his habit of replacing workers with machines. Luke, who once worked at Killian's foundry, says none of the workers ever knew what the man looked like. Ryan eventually admits he keeps sedatives behind the bar and helps Vivian fleece rich passengers.
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