Prize-winning English crime historian Jonathan Goodman visited a number of cities where notorious murders occurred as he embarked on a 6000-mile train trip across the United States. As a true crime book, Tracks to Murder is witty and informative and enriches the classic American murder cases by placing them within their original settings. As a travel book, it presents the seasoned reflections of a cultivated English writer on American manners and morals observed during his transcontinental journey.