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The Railway Detective

The Railway Detective, Book 1

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The Railway Detective

By: Edward Marston
Narrated by: Peter Walters
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The thrilling first case for the railway detective.

London, 1851. With the opening of the Great Exhibition at hand, interest in 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.

©2009 Edward Marston (P)2021 Allison & Busby Ltd Crime Detective Fiction Historical Mystery Police Procedural Traditional Detectives Railroad England Exciting

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its OK, not a bad story sadly spoiled by bad narration. luckily looks like the rest are read by somebody else so might try the next one.

its ok

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A great read this was my first book from the railway detective series. Tom and I have the need for series.

A great read

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I enjoyed the book very much. It transport you to back to the Victorian era where policing was a "thinking man's game"
A must for anyone who loves the "good old fashion murder" genre.
it's well read however a few of the voices did grate on me somewhat, which I found irritating.

A New Detective is Born

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I love historical fiction and the sense of period and this book was quite good on changes in mid-Victorian England. It also had a plot that was entertaining. However, I didn't find the narration very convincing and at times irritating. The characterisation was poor and at times, distractingly so. I might look at another book in the series but not if it has the same narrator. I'm sure the narrator is a talented actor, I think he's wrongly chosen for this book.

Entertaining enough to make me want to finish

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Immediately disliked the narration intensely and had to up the speed! As others have said, the story was pretty predictable and some of it felt quite lazily written.

‘Ok’

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