Murder at Deviation Junction (Paperback)

Andrew Martin

ISBN 10: 0571229662 / ISBN 13: 9780571229666

Published by Faber & Faber, London, 2008

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Paperback. 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 for struggling Edwardian railway detective, Jim Stringer. Jim's new investigation takes him to the mighty blast furnaces of Ironopolis, to Fleet Street in the company of a cynical reporter from The Railway Rover, and to a nightmarish spot in the Highlands. Jim's faltering career in the railway police hangs on whether he can solve the murder - but before long the pursuer becomes the pursued, and Jim finds himself fighting not just for his job, but for his very life as well. The latest in the Jim Stringer, Steam Detective series. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Murder at Deviation Junction (Paperback)
• Publisher: Faber & Faber, London
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0571229662
• ISBN 13: 9780571229666
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Murder at Deviation Junction (Jim Stringer) [Paperback] Martin, Andrew

From the Back Cover

"These historical novels are the best I have read this century." -- Katherine A. Powers, The Boston Globe From the author of The Necropolis Railway, The Blackpool Highflyer, and The Lost Luggage Porter comes another thrilling mystery featuring railway detective Jim Stringer. It is winter 1909, and Jim desperately needs his anticipated New Year’s promotion in order to pay for a nurse for his ailing son. Jumping at any opportunity to impress his supervisor, Jim agrees to investigate a standard assault in a nearby town. But when his train home hits a snowdrift and a body is discovered buried in the snow, Jim finds himself tracking another dangerous killer. Soon he is on a mad chase to find the suspect, trailing him to the furnaces of Ironopolis and across the country on a dangerous ride to the Highlands. As pursuer becomes pursued, Jim begins to doubt he will ever get his promotion?or that he will survive this case at all. ?No matter how deeply Jim plunges into the poverty and filth of England’s industrial age, he never loses his sense of wonder at the monstrous beauty of its great machines.”?New York Times Book Review

?Fairly bursts with energetic prose . . . Andrew Martin succeeds brilliantly at re-creating a railwayman’s lot.” ?Seattle Times ANDREW MARTIN was a Spectator (London) Young Writer of the Year. He lives in London.