The Singing Sands

While traveling on the night train to Scotland, inspector Alan Grant is disturbed by a dead man in B-7. The deceased was a young man who had been drinking heavily. Having accidentally carried off the dead man's newspaper, Grant discovers a cryptic poem beside the newsprint that speaks of "The beasts that talk. The stones that walk. The singing sand. That guard the way to Paradise." On sick leave from Scotland Yard, the inspector's instincts take over as he uncovers clues to a diabolical murder.