Blood on the Tracks
Synopsis
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MARTIN EDWARDS
"Never had I been given a tougher problem to solve, and never had I been so utterly at my wits' end for a solution."
A signalman is found dead by a railway tunnel. A man identifies his wife as a victim of murder on the underground. Two passengers mysteriously disappear between stations, leaving behind a dead body.
Trains have been a favourite setting of many crime writers, providing the mobile equivalent of the "locked-room" scenario. Their enclosed carriages with a limited number of suspects lend themselves to seemingly impossible crimes. In an era of cancellations and delays, alibis reliant upon a timely train service no longer ring true, yet the railway detective has enjoyed a resurgence of popularity in the twenty-first century.
Both train buffs and crime fans will delight in this selection of fifteen railway-themed mysteries, featuring some of the most popular authors of their day alongside less familiar names. This is a collection to beguile even the most wearisome commuter.
- Copyright:
- 2018 Martin Edwards
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- ISBN-13:
- 9781464209703
- Publisher:
- Poisoned Pen Press, Inc.
- Date of Addition:
- 2019-01-02T21:20:19Z
- Language:
- English
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- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.