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Timetable of Death:
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.
A Ticket to Oblivion:
Summer, 1858. Young Imogen Burnhope and her maid Rhoda board a non-stop train to Oxford to visit Imogen's Aunt Cassandra, who waits on the platform at the terminus to greet them.
The Iron Horse:
Derby Day at Epsom Downs. A multitude of people crowd to watch the races: dukes and dustmen, bishops and beggars, privileged ladies and prostitutes.
Slaughter in the Sapperton Tunnel:
Disaster strikes at the Sapperton Tunnel in Gloucestershire when a goods train collides with an unusual blockage on the line: seven sheep penned onto the tracks.
Points of Danger:
1861, East Anglia. Alone in a first-class carriage, the Swarbricks are robbed at gunpoint, but when the universally-admired Swarbrick fights back, the train robber takes more than money and jewellery.
Blood on the Line:
The year is 1855, and on the Birmingham express train a criminal is being escorted to his appointment with the hangman.
Railway to the Grave:
Tragedy strikes close to the Detective Department when an old friend of Superintendent Tallis walks to meet a speeding train head on.
The Silver Locomotive Mystery:
1854. As the Cardiff-bound train puffs out of Paddington Station, young Hugh Kellow wraps a protective arm around his large valise.
A Christmas Railway Mystery:
The morning shift at Swindon Locomotive Works is about to begin and an army of men is pouring out of the nearby terraced houses built by the GWR.
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Edward Marston Railway Detective Series 9 Books Collection Set
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