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Author | : Edward Marston |
Publisher | : International Publishers Marketing |
Total Pages | : 270 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
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In 1851, after the London to Birmingham mail train is robbed and derailed, Inspector Robert Colbeck enlists the aid of former police officer Brendan Mulryne to help him investigate the crime.
Author | : Edward Marston |
Publisher | : Allison & Busby |
Total Pages | : 237 |
Release | : 2010-01-22 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0749008725 |
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October 1854. As an autumnal evening draws to a close, crowds of passengers rush onto the soon to depart London to Brighton Express. A man watches from shadows nearby, grimly satisfied when the train pulls out of the station. Chaos, fatalities and unbelievable destruction are the scene soon after when the train derails on the last leg of its journey. What led to such devastation, and could it simply be a case of driver error? Detective Inspector Colbeck, dubbed the 'railway detective' thinks not. But digging deep to discover the target of the accident takes time, something Colbeck doesn't have as the killer prepares to strike again.
Author | : Edward Marston |
Publisher | : Allison & Busby |
Total Pages | : 1458 |
Release | : 2013-12-12 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0749015896 |
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Three thrilling cases for The Railway Detective. With the Great Exhibition in the offing, interest is mounting in the icon of modern technological achievement: the railways. But this triumph of Victorian engineering has a darker side too, as these sinews of empire offer new opportunities for hidden crime and quick escape, vast destruction and dark double-dealings. Detective Inspector Robert Colbeck is the Railway Detective. When a train is robbed or a passenger killed, Colbeck and his trusty sergeant Victor Leeming must take to the rails and use their expert knowledge of crime and railways to untangle webs of murder, blackmail and destruction.
Author | : Edward Marston |
Publisher | : Allison & Busby |
Total Pages | : 291 |
Release | : 2013-04-29 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0749012544 |
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Spring, 1858. The route of the Caledonian Railway through the southern uplands of the Scottish countryside is disrupted by a fatal crash. Inspector Robert Colbeck and Sergeant Victor Leeming are called from the crime of London to investigate, and must contend with old enemy Superintendent Rory McTurk to uncover the criminals behind the disaster.
Author | : Edward Marston |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780749082376 |
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Detective Inspector Robert Colbeck is back to investigate two deaths on the rails. Will he catch the murderer before more lives are lost. . .
Author | : Edward Marston |
Publisher | : Allison & Busby Ltd |
Total Pages | : 327 |
Release | : 2021-04-22 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 074902609X |
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When Robert Pomeroy, a young undergraduate at Corpus Christi College, finds a letter slipped under his door in the early hours of a rainy day, he flies into a panic. Hastily readying himself and dashing off a few lines for the porter to summon his friend Nicholas Thorpe, he hurries to the railway station. But he doesn't reach his destination alive. Inspector Colbeck and Sergeant Leeming are called upon to investigate this tragedy on the railway. It soon becomes apparent that Cambridge's hopes of success in the forthcoming Boat Race rested on Pomeroy's shoulders. With academic disputes, romantic interests and a sporting rivalry with Oxford in play, the Railway Detective will have his work cut out to disentangle the threads of Pomeroy's life in order to answer the truth of his death.
Author | : Edward Marston |
Publisher | : Allison & Busby Ltd |
Total Pages | : 330 |
Release | : 2017-10-27 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0749021535 |
Download A Christmas Railway Mystery Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
December 1860. Headed for the morning shift at the Swindon Locomotive works is an army of men pouring out of terraced houses built by the GWR, a miniature town and planned community that aims to provide for its employees from cradle to grave. Unfortunately, boiler smith Frank Rodman is headed for the grave sooner than he'd expected, or he will be once his missing head is found. Colbeck, the Railway Detective, finds his investigation into Rodman's murder mired in contradictions. Was the victim a short-tempered brawler, or a committed Christian and chorister who aimed to better himself? On the trail of Rodman's enemy as the season starts to bite, Colbeck finds little festive cheer in the twists and turns of this peculiar case.
Author | : Edward Marston |
Publisher | : Allison & Busby |
Total Pages | : 221 |
Release | : 2014-06-19 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0749014741 |
Download Inspector Colbeck's Casebook Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
An eagerly awaited collection of brand new, specially commissioned short stories from the master of historical crime fiction Edward Marston, featuring his quick-witted Railway Detective, Inspector Robert Colbeck. In this thrilling selection of stories, a young porter is found dead in a coal tub; Colbeck devises a trap to catch a thief; and a burnt train carriage holds a gruesome secret in a small coastal village. As Colbeck and his trusty aide Sergeant Victor Leeming begin to piece together clues and motives for each crime, it becomes clear the pair must stay a step ahead of the culprits to solve the cases. With a new suspect at every turn, can the duo unearth the real villains? Including 'The End of the Line' and 'The Barber of Ravenglass', jealousy, vengeance and duplicity all collide in this supercharged anthology, proving once again, that Inspector Colbeck is the master of mysteries.
Author | : Edward Marston |
Publisher | : Allison & Busby |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2010-07-07 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 074900925X |
Download Railway to the Grave Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Tragedy strikes close to the Detective Department when an old friend of Superintendent Tallis walks to meet a speeding train head on. The suicide, prompted by the disappearance of the man's wife, has shocked the local community and leaves plenty for Inspector Robert Colbeck, the Railway Detective, to uncover. Whispers and rumours abound but did the dead man, Captain Randall, really take his own life in repentance for some harm he did his wife?
Author | : Edward Marston |
Publisher | : Allison & Busby |
Total Pages | : 243 |
Release | : 2009-01-07 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0749007583 |
Download The Silver Locomotive Mystery Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
1854. As the Cardiff-bound train puffs out of Paddington Station, young Hugh Kellow wraps a protective arm around his large valise. He has been entrusted with a priceless silver coffee pot, designed in the shape of a locomotive, by his elderly silversmith employer. But two of Hugh's fellow passengers are taking an enormous interest in the young man and his precious cargo. When a dead body is discovered in a room at the Cardiff Railway Hotel, beside an empty valise, the great Railway Detective Robert Colbeck and his trusty sergeant Victor Leeming are called in to investigate; and face a whole host of unexpected problems.