Jim Stringer 'Steam Detective' Series
'A wonderful evocation of Edwardian times in Yorkshire ... Andrew Martin is brilliant at telling detail ... With destinations from London to the Highlands of Scotland and Jim firing the engine as well as our imagination, I would say this is a winning series.' Yorkshire Post
Follow Jim Stringer, the Edwardian Steam Detective, around the UK and beyond in this highly evocative, gripping detective series.
Jim Stringer thrillers
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The Blackpool Highflyer by Andrew Martin
A superbly atmospheric thriller of sabotage, suspicion and steam, The Blackpool Highflyer brings a new twist to tales of Edwardian England and amateur sleuthing. Assigned to drive holidaymakers to the ...-
- Paperback, £7.99
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Death on a Branch Line by Andrew Martin
The sweltering summer of 1911. Trouble is brewing with Germany. Half the country is on strike; the other half seems to be in flames. And in his most perplexing case ...-
- Paperback, £7.99
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The Last Train to Scarborough by Andrew Martin
A riveting sixth outing for Jim Stringer, celebrated ‘Steam Detective’, and this time he's in an off-season Scarborough, dealing with a trigger-happy assistant, an obstructing Chief Inspector and a seductive beauty who threatens to derail the case.-
- Hardback, £12.99
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The Lost Luggage Porter by Andrew Martin
York, Winter, 1906 – two brothers have been shot to death. Meanwhile, Jim Stringer meets the Lost Luggage Porter, humblest among the employees of the North Eastern Railway company. He ...-
- Paperback, £7.99
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Murder at Deviation Junction by Andrew Martin
December, 1909. A train hits a snow drift in the frozen Cleveland Hills. In the process of clearing the line a body is discovered, and so begins a dangerous case ...-
- Paperback, £7.99
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The Necropolis Railway by Andrew Martin
When railwayman Jim Stringer moves to the garish and tawdry London of 1903, he finds his duties are confined to a mysterious graveyard line. The men he works alongside have ...-
- Paperback, £7.99
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