[DI Robert Colbeck 05] • Murder on the Brighton Express
- Authors
- Marston, Edward
- Publisher
- Allison and Busby
- Tags
- traditional british , police - great britain - history - 19th century , mystery fiction , railroad travel - great britain - history - 19th century , marked , mystery , police procedural , fiction , police , mystery & detective
- ISBN
- 9780749079451
- Date
- 2007-11-06T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.30 MB
- Lang
- en
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 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 . . ."