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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0
Charming but strange Rather a mixture. Despite the impeccable detail, this story had the feeling of being set in a slightly later period, and I'm not entirely sure why. It might be the dialogue (which I sometimes found pedestrian), or perhaps the Holmesean resonances, especially the characters of the engine driver and his daughter who seemed to me straight out of Conan Doyle, or at least his era. I also found the plot a little thin, espcially the detective's ability to anticipate an outrage at a precise spot in the Crystal... more info
A pleasant journey on the Railway This is the first in what has become a series of detective books based around the advent and development of the railways. With any first book we are being introduced to the main characters for future novels interspersed with a detective story. We are introduced to Inspector Colbeck, a rather dandy sort of character who leads the investigation into a train robbery on the London to North railway line. An ex barrister who has turned to working in the rather new police force and Detective Department of... more info
Robbery on the Mail Train
Edward Marston is just one of the pseudonyms of author Keith Miles. He has been a university lecturer, radio, television, and theatre dramatist, and in addition to writing has worked as an actor, director, and dramatist. He has written a large number of books with historical themes, perhaps the most well known being his Domesday series. These revolve around the census of 1086 and a series of mysteries featuring the Elizabethan theatre as their background. Once you have become familiar with an... more info
Ho-hum A rather uninspiring read. This book reads like a 1970s cop show. All the stereotype characters are there: the good cop, the faithful sidekick, the cranky interfering boss, the evil well-heeled criminal mastermind, the psychopathic killer, the comely maiden, the disappointed suitor. This is Starsky and Hutch with top hats. The dialogue is very 1970s too, and the plotting. Rather than concentrate on the solving of the crime, the book throws in a few murders and a kidnapping. Sure, what else would you do when... more info
