Buy this book on-line MARSTON**, EDWARD: : THE RAILWAY DETECTIVE.**LONDON.ALLISON & BUSBY LIMITED,2004. ISBN 0749006331.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour painting detail illustrated dw/dj panels,with black lettering; 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 - 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,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,8-261pp [paginated] includes 12 chapters; plus [unpaginated] blank, half-title+title pages,note on author with publisher's advert for author's other works to its reverse,a dedication,with thanks,prose extract,and 2pp blanks at the rear of the book.
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 Exhibition 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 - Madeline Andrews,the beautiful daughter of the injured train driver,becomes an unwilling pawn in the criminals' 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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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.
Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!
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** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **
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