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Five paperback novels by Edward Marston. Published by Allison and Busby.

1/ The Railway Detective. (Railway Detective 01)

2/ Peril on the Royal Train (Railway Detective 10)

3/ Timetable of Death (The Railway Detective 12)

4/ Murder on the Mauretania (Dillon & Masefield)

5/ The Elephants of Norwich (Domesday Series)

Condition:

These are all in very good readable condition. Usual signs of shelf wear- a few creases, tiny curl to corners, odd smudge. No inscriptions, annotations or markings. From a smoke free home.

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1/ The Railway Detective (Railway Detective Series - 1) By Edward Marston.

2005. 348 pages.

London, 1851. The London to Birmingham mail train is robbed and derailed, injuring the driver and others aboard. 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. Planned with military precision, this crime challenges the new Police Force to its limits and leads Detective Inspector Robert Colbeck to discover a tangled web of murder, blackmail and destruction.

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2/ Peril on the Royal Train by Edward Marston

2014 351 pages.

Spring, 1858. The route of the Caledonian Railway through the Scottish countryside is disrupted by a fatal crash. The Railway Detective Inspector Robert Colbeck and his trusty Sergeant Victor Leeming are called from London to investigate and must contend with old enemy Superintendent Rory McTurk to uncover the criminals behind the disaster.

The motive for the crash is unclear, with suspects including the North British Railway, a group of sabbatarians and those with personal vendettas to pursue. Can Colbeck and Leeming crack the case before the Royal family makes their train journey to Balmoral?

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3/ Timetable of Death (Railway Detective Series - 12) By Edward Marston.

2016. 351 pages.

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.

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4/ Murder on the Mauretania by Edward Marston

2022. 351 pages.

November 1907. George Dillman and Genevieve Masefield sail from Liverpool on the maiden voyage of the Mauretania. While posing as a passenger George is in fact an undercover detective hired by the Cunard Line. Dillman and Genevieve endure a nightmare voyage during which severe weather batters the vessel relentlessly and keeps the passengers away from the decks. Dillman is instrumental in rescuing a crew member from being washed overboard but he is too late to save one of the First-Class passengers from the same fate. At first, it looks like a case of death by misadventure. But Dillman and Genevieve come to realise that it was an act of calculated murder, connected with the presence on board of a record shipment of gold bullion – twelve tons in all – sent from the Bank of England.

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5/ The Elephants of Norwich: An action-packed medieval mystery... by Edward Marston.

2021. 351 pages.

It is the juiciest piece of gossip the citizens of Norwich have heard for a long time. The ruthless Richard de Fontenel is himself the victim of robbery. In addition to two priceless golden elephants that he was using to lure the beautiful Adelaide into marriage, his steward Hermer is also missing. Onto the scene arrive soldier Ralph Delchard and lawyer Gervase Bret who are meant to adjudicate on a land dispute, but they also become involved in the hunt for the thief. But is Hermer the steward really missing or has something altogether more sinister happened?

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