Murder on the Brighton Express

Author: Edward Marston
Publisher: Allison & Busby
ISBN: 0749008725
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 237

Book Description
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.

A Christmas Railway Mystery

Author: Edward Marston
Publisher: Allison & Busby Ltd
ISBN: 0749021535
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 330

Book Description
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.

Peril on the Royal Train

Author: Edward Marston
Publisher: Allison & Busby
ISBN: 0749012544
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 291

Book Description
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.

The Excursion Train

Author: Edward Marston
Publisher: Allison and Busby
ISBN: 9780749083922
Category : Detective and mystery
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Detective Inspector Robert Colbeck is back to investigate two deaths on the rails. Will he catch the murderer before more lives are lost. . .

Inspector Colbeck's Casebook

Author: Edward Marston
Publisher: Allison & Busby
ISBN: 0749014741
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 221

Book Description
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.

Railway to the Grave

Author: Edward Marston
Publisher: Allison & Busby
ISBN: 074900925X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 248

Book Description
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?

Timetable of Death

Author: Edward Marston
Publisher: Allison & Busby
ISBN: 0749018127
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 293

Book Description
1859. St Mary's Church, Spondon. A little girl playing hide-and-seek jumps into a freshly-dug grave to find a dead man already occupying it. It is the body of Cedric Norton, a senior director of the Midland Railway. Inspector Colbeck and Sergeant Leeming travel to Derbyshire to investigate.

The Silver Locomotive Mystery

Author: Edward Marston
Publisher: Allison & Busby
ISBN: 0749007583
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 243

Book Description
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.

Tragedy on the Branch Line

Author: Edward Marston
Publisher: Allison & Busby Ltd
ISBN: 074902609X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 327

Book Description
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.

The Railway Detective Omnibus

Author: Edward Marston
Publisher: Allison and Busby
ISBN: 9780749009649
Category : Colbeck, Robert (Fictitious character)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Marston is one of A&B's consistently top-selling authors