Blood On The Tracks - Softcover

Martin Edwards

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0712352708 ISBN 13: 9780712352703

Publisher: The British Library Publishing Division, 2018

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

Martin Edwards is series consultant for British Library Crime Classics. He is an award-winning crime writers, Chair of the Crime Writers' Association and President of the Detection Club. The Golden Age of Murder, his study of the Detection Club, was published in 2015 to international acclaim, and won the Edgar, Agatha, H.R.F. Keating and Macavity awards for the year's best book about the genre. The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books was published by the British Library in 2017.

About this edition

• Publisher: The British Library Publishing Division
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0712352708
• ISBN 13: 9780712352703
• Binding: Paperback
• Editor: Martin Edwards