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الاستماع والقراءة

Andrew Martin

“A compelling thriller” set against the historical backdrop of Edwardian England’s railway system (Daily Mail).
 
 Assigned to drive holidaymakers to the seaside resort of Blackpool in the hot summer of 1905, Jim Stringer is happy to have left behind the grime and danger of life in London. But his dreams of beer and pretty women are soon shattered when his high-speed train meets a huge millstone on the line, leading to a passenger’s death . . . 
 
 This is an atmospheric mystery of sabotage and suspicion, from an author who “does a stunning job of bringing to life the era when steam locomotives chugged from London through the British countryside” (Booklist).
 
 “A clear winner in literary crime writing . . . Dazzling attention to detail and quality writing.” —Daily Express
 
 “A steamy whodunnit . . . This may well be the best fiction about the railways since Dickens.” —The Independent on Sunday

Mariner Books

The Jim Stringer Mysteries

The Blackpool Highflyer

The author of The Necropolis Railway and The Blackpool Highflyer “succeeds brilliantly at re-creating a railwayman’s lot” (The Seattle Times).

It is winter 1906 and Jim Stringer has been promoted from sleuth to official railway detective for York station. His first day on the job, the mysterious Lost Luggage Porter, “a human directory to everything in York, ” tips him off to a group of railway thieves. Jim is instructed by his inspector to infiltrate their gang and is drawn along into their plot to carry out a robbery and make their getaway across the English Channel. Soon Jim finds himself swept off to Paris with the thieves, his plight made even worse when his wife is threatened. Can Jim get to her before the villains do?

“Page-turning, confidently written. ” —The Guardian

“Riveting … Plenty of action, plot twists and moral quandaries help this engaging mystery pick up steam. ” —Publishers Weekly

“Stringer’s third adventure has the same engaging voice and lively splashes of historical color as his others. ” —Kirkus Reviews

The Lost Luggage Porter