The Railway Detective Series 4 Books Collection Set By Edward Marston, Excursion Train

Titles in this Set :. A Christmas Railway Mystery. The Excursion Train. The Railway Detective. Slaughter in the Sapperton Tunnel. Condition: BRAND NEW. Format: Paperback. ISBN: 9789124147365. A Christmas Railway Mystery:. December 1860. The morning shift at Swindon Locomotive Works is about to begin and an army of men is pouring out of the nearby terraced houses built by the GWR. Frank Rodman should have been among them, but he is destined for the grave sooner than he might have expected, or he will be, once his missing head is found.. The Excursion Train:. London, 1852. On the shocking discovery of a passenger's body on the Great Western Railway excursion train, Detective Inspector Robert Colbeck and his assistant, Sergeant Victor Leeming, are dispatched to the scene. Faced with what initially appears to be a motiveless murder, Colbeck is intrigued by the murder weapon - a noose.. The Railway Detective:. 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.. Slaughter in the Sapperton Tunnel:. Disaster strikes at the Sapperton Tunnel in Gloucestershire when a goods train collides with an unusual blockage on the line: seven sheep penned onto the tracks. Specially requested to investigate the carnage.Inspector Colbeck and Sergeant Leeming are confronted with a bizarre case unlike anything they’ve encountered before.