Halloween 1861. A special train with two carriages steams across the Lake District at night on its way to a place notorious for its record of supernatural incidents. Most of those on board have been fortified by alcohol so the mood is boisterous. Lighting inside the carriages is poor and without warning, the lamp goes out in the last compartment of the second carriage, plunging it into darkness. When the special reaches the end of its journey, the passengers pour out on to the station platform. There are almost sixty of them in all, laughing and jostling. The prevailing excitement is shattered by a cry - a dead body has been discovered in the seats. This will prove to be a very puzzling new case for the Railway Detective.
Edward Marston has written over a hundred books, including some non-fiction. He is best known for his hugely successful Railway Detective series, the latest of which is A Christmas Railway Mystery. His other current series are the Home Front Detective, set in the Great War, and the Bow Street Rivals featuring identical twin detectives during the Regency.
Title: Fear on the Phantom Special: Dark deeds for the Railway Detective to investigate (Railway Detective)
Author: Edward Marston
ISBN: 9780749024239
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Publisher: Allison & Busby
Publication Date: 2020-06-18
Number of Pages: 352
Weight: 0.2401 kg
`This is how history mysteries should be: fine storytelling, marvellous characters reminiscent of the great authors of the mid-Victorian period, and a sneaky mystery, too' Sherlock Magazine