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Midnight Express tells the gut-wrenching true story of a young man's incarceration and escape from a Turkish prison. In 1970, Billy Hayes was an English major who left college in search of adventures to write about, like his hero Jack London. He had a rude awakening when he was arrested at the airport in Istanbul trying to board a plane while carrying four pounds of hashish, and given a life sentence.

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In 1923 Shanghai, native and foreign travelers alike are enthralled by the establishment of a new railway line to distant Peking. With this new line comes the Peking Express, a luxurious express train on the cutting edge of China’s continental transportation. Among those drawn to the train are oil heiress Lucy Aldrich, journalist John Benjamin Powell, and vacationing Army Majors Roland Pinger and Robert Allen, wives and children in tow. All anticipate an idyllic overnight journey in first class. But the train’s passengers are not the only ones enchanted by the Peking Express.

The story focuses on a journalist, Sarah, and a private investigator, Jack, who find themselves on a train with a mysterious passenger who vanishes. As they investigate the disappearance, a bloody handkerchief and a hidden compartment in the passenger's abandoned briefcase reveal a potential crime. Sarah and Jack's efforts to unravel the truth lead them to a nervous conductor, a second missing passenger, a locked cabin, and a series of cryptic notes. This chain of events sets the stage for a thrilling mystery with a potential killer among the train's passengers, hidden secrets, and a dramatic

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Il resoconto autobiografico (da parte di uno che di mestiere faceva il ladro e non lo scrittore) di una sensazionale rapina all'American Express nei primi anni del Novecento, nonché della vita all'Île du Diable, dove Guerin fu deportato dai francesi quando lo pizzicarono e lo condannarono all'ergastolo, e della successiva, ancor più clamorosa fuga dal carcere.