London 1851. With the opening of the Great Exhibition at hand,
interest is mounting in the engineering triumphs of the railways,
but not everyone feels like celebrating
In an audacious
attack, the London to Birmingham mail train is robbed and derailed,
causing many casualties. Planned with military precision, this crime
proves a challenge to Detective Inspector Robert Colbeck who fights
to untangle a web of murder, blackmail and destruction. As Colbeck
closes in on the criminal masterminds, events take an unexpected
turn when the beautiful Madeleine, daughter of the injured train
driver, becomes a pawn in the criminals' game. With time running
out, good and evil, new and old, battle against each other. But will
the long arm of the law have speed on its side?
Full of
historical detail, The Railway Detective is an action-packed dip
into murky 1850s London.
Edward Marston was born and brought up in South Wales. A full-time
writer for over thirty years, he has worked in radio, film, television
and the theatre and is a former chairman of the Crime Writers'
Association. Prolific and highly successful, he is equally at home
writing children's books or literary criticism, plays or biographies.
There are currently seven books in the series featuring Inspector
Robert Colbeck and Sergeant Victor Leeming, set in the 1850s.
www. edwardmarston. com
