UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,wrap-around,colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj with black lettering to front,spine and rear; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj, 1st edn,8-261pp [paginated] includes 12 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,note on author with author's other works list to verso,a dedication,thanks,prose extract,and to the rear of the book,2pp blanks.
The author's 1st book in a new series, after the 'REDMAYNE MYSTERIES', 'NICHOLAS BRACEWELL' novels and the 'DOMESDAY' books.
A series of Victorian train-oriented mysteries featuring Detective Inspector Robert Colbeck and Sergeant Victor Leeming detective crime mystery.
London,1851.The London to Birmingham mail train is robbed and derailed,injuring the driver and others aboard. With the opening of the Great Expedition at hand,interest is mounting in the engineering triumphs of the railways, but not everyone feels like celebrating.Planned with military precision,this crime challenges the new Police Force to its limits and leads Detective Inspector Robert Colbeck to discover a tangled web of murder,blackmail and destruction.
As the momentum gains pace,Colbeck closes in on the criminal masterminds.But just as the police begin to think the villains are within their grasp,events take an unexpected turn - Madeleine Andrews,the beautiful daughter of the injured train driver,becomes an unwilling pawn in the criminal's game.In a final race against time, good and evil,new and old,are pitted against each other. But will the long arm of the law be quick enough?
'The Railway Detective' is an action packed dip into murky 1850s London.Full of historical detail,unexpected twists and memorable characters,this is a mystery that will surprise you at every turn.
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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.

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Bookseller: R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY. (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: rja808618
Title: THE RAILWAY DETECTIVE.**
Author: MARSTON**, EDWARD:
Book Condition: Used - FINE.
Jacket Condition: FINE.
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0749006331
ISBN 13: 9780749006334
Publisher: LONDON.ALLISON & BUSBY LTD.,2004.
Place of Publication: London
This edition first published: March 21, 2004
Keywords: q52.MODERN FIRSTS2.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.ISBN 0749006331.1850s Victorian London_Detective Inspector Robert Colbeck.The Excursion Train.Victorian railway_detective fiction.ALLISON & BUSBY LTD_Crime Collection,Books new,used,signed,rare.
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