Results for: books tagged ‘Jim Stringer’
The Blackpool Highflyer: 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 ... More
The Necropolis Railway: 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 ... More
The Lost Luggage Porter: 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 ... More
Murder at Deviation Junction: 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 ... More
Death on a Branch Line: 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 ... More
The Last Train to Scarborough: 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. More
The Somme Stations: Andrew Martin
A notice is pinned up in the railway police office on Platform Four at York station, announcing the formation of the North Eastern Railway Battalion. Detective Sergeant Jim Stringer recognises ... More