- The women surmise that the killer is a rail employee, familiar with train times, who offered his victims perfume or nylons to go with him and they narrow the list of suspects down to three men. However, when Susan takes her theory to DCI Compton, in the absence of Wainwright, he is dismissive. Following a failed attempt to trap the killer,in which Lucy, acting as bait, is sexually assaulted by a passenger who is not the murderer, they discover that their original theory is wrong. Susan suspects that the real killer set up the others as red herrings and believes he learned how to cover his tracks because he also worked in espionage. She visits ex-spy master Cavendish, who gives her the name of a man who became psychologically unstable after being buried in rubble for three days. Susan goes to see the man's psychiatrist, unaware that she is facing the man himself.—don @ minifie-1
- Having determined not only that the killer is finding the women on trains but which routes and stations he is most likely to use, they also believe the culprit is likely a guard or a conductor, some women would trust and so accompany him off the train. On this basis, they begin cross-referencing work schedules and develop a list of three likely suspect which they all agree should now be turned over to the police. Susan gives the names to the police and tries to explain how they arrived at their conclusions but they want evidence not theories and the women realize they will have to do it themselves. They realize they've made a mistake however when Jean and Lucy's research reveals that this man has been killing for several years and may have as many as 12 victims. Innocent men were convicted for some of those murders. They now think he might be enticing female travelers with the promise of luxury items. Lucy acts as a decoy but it nearly leads to tragedy. They then turn to a Mr. Cavendish when they think the killer may be one of his former World War II spies.—garykmcd
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