Book description
The latest in Andrew Martin's much-loved 'Jim Stringer, Steam
Detective' series. 'Andrew Martin has recreated an extraordinarily
convincing world . . . Terrific.' Daily Telegraph December, 1909. A
train hits a snowdrift in the frozen Cleveland Hills. In the process
of clearing the line a body is discovered, and so begins a dangerous
case for struggling railway detective Jim Stringer, a case which will
take him from the Highlands to Fleet Street to the mighty blast
furnaces of Ironopolis. Jim's faltering career hangs on whether he can
solve the murder, but before long Jim finds himself fighting not just
for his job, but also for his life . . . 'A wonderful evocation of
Edwardian Britain . . . Tough, scary and funny, this is a novel for
anyone who loves a page-turning detective story.' Independent on
Sunday 'Stringer is at the heart of a series of historical crime
novels that shows no sign of running out of steam.' Sunday Times
Andrew Martin grew up in Yorkshire. After qualifying as a
barrister he became a freelance journalist and has written for the
Guardian, the Daily Telegraph, the Independent on Sunday and Granta,
among many other publications, and his weekly column appears in the
New Statesman.
