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Assigned to drive holidaymakers to the seaside resort of Blackpool in the hot summer of 1905, Jim Stringer is happy to have left behind the grime and danger of life in London. But his dreams of beer and pretty women are soon shattered - when his high-speed train meets a huge millstone on the line. In the months that follow, as he hunts for the saboteur, Jim is drawn into a beguiling but dangerous world of eccentrics, conmen and cowards. From ventriloquists to funfair salesmen, ticket clerks to dandies, everyone is a suspect...
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“A compelling thriller . . . A stunning achievement.” – Daily Mail (London)
“A clear winner in literary crime writing.” –Daily Express (London)
From the author of The Necropolis Railway comes another atmospheric thriller of sabotage, suspicion, and steam. Assigned to drive vacationers to the seaside resort of Blackpool in the hot summer of 1905, Jim Stringer is happy to leave behind the grime and danger of London life. But his dreams of beer and sun are dashed when someone attempts to derail his high-speed train. Soon Jim and his brilliant wife are after the saboteur, learning all too late that a dark secret waits for them at the end of the line.
PRAISE FOR ANDREW MARTIN
“Andrew Martin succeeds brilliantly at re-creating a railwayman's lot in London in [the early 1900s]." -- The Seattle Times
“Martin does a stunning job of bringing to life the era when steam locomotives chugged from London through the British countryside.”― Booklist
ANDREW MARTIN was a Spectator (London) Young Writer of the Year and is the author of The Necropolis Railway, the first novel featuring Jim Stringer. He lives in London.
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ANDREW MARTIN was a Spectator (London) Young Writer of the Year and has written for the Guardian , the Daily Telegraph , and Granta . He has a weekly column in the New Statesman . He lives in London.
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- PublisherIsis Large Print
- Publication date2016
- ISBN 10 1785411292
- ISBN 13 9781785411298
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages440
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