Derby Day at Epsom Downs and a multitude of people crowd to watch the races: dukes and dustmen, bishops and beggars, privileged ladies and prostitutes... Derby Day at Epsom Downs and a multitude of people crowd to watch the races: dukes and dustmen, bishops and beggars, privileged ladies and prostitutes. The gamut of Victorian society, though, is also a hotbed for crime and crooks of all kinds. With the country a-flutter in the run-up to this national occasion, events reach fever pitch when a disembodied head is discovered on a passenger train at Crewe; the first in a murky course of events that takes in murder, fraud and race-fixing. Detective Robert Colbeck and his assistant are assigned to the case and are soon snarled up in a web of skulduggery stretching across the country. Soon, however, they are forced to ask themselves: just what is someone prepared to do in order to win?
By:
Edward Marston Read by:
Sam Dastor Imprint: Bolinda/Audible Audio Country of Publication: Australia Edition: Unabridged ISBN:9781486288823 ISBN 10: 1486288820 Series:Railway Detective Publication Date:01 May 2015 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:CD-Audio Publisher's Status: Active
Reviews for The Iron Horse (Audio Book)
'A grand romp very much in the tradition of Holmes and Watson ... Packed with characters Dickens would have been proud of. Wonderful, well written.' -- Time Out