Inspector Colbeck's Casebook: Thirteen Tales from the Railway Detective
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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.
Edward Marston
Edward Marston has written well over a hundred books, including some non-fiction. He is best known for his hugely successful Railway Detective series and he also writes the Bow Street Rivals series featuring twin detectives set during the Regency; the Home Front Detective novels set during the First World War; and the Ocean Liner mysteries.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I've read a number of Edward Marston's Railway detective novels and they suffer from an increasing similarity and repetitiveness. This set of short stories has the same issue. The investigations themselves are not all that similar. but there is a lot of padding. Victor will complain about being on a train, Colbeck will be well dressed and some local yokel will throw doubt on the ability of the detectives to do their job. They're not bad, but they're not so good that I'd encourage someone to start. They feel churned out, I'm afraid, and that's not something I find an appealing read.