The Iron Horse

The Iron Horse

by Edward Marston

Overview

Derby Day at Epsom Downs. A multitude of people crowd to watch the races: dukes and dustmen, bishops and beggars, privileged ladies and prostitutes. The gamut of Victorian society and a hotbed for crime and crooks of all kinds.

With the nation a-flutter in the run up to this national event, a disembodied head is discovered on a passenger train at Crewe; the first in a murky course of events that takes in murder, fraud and race-fixing. Detective Inspector Robert Colbeck and his assistant are assigned to the case and are soon snarled up in a web of skulduggery stretching across the country. They are forced to ask themselves, just how much is someone prepared to hazard to win?

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780750527507
Publisher: Magna Large Print Books
Publication date: 01/28/2008
Edition description: Large Print
Pages: 346
Product dimensions: 6.50(w) x 1.50(h) x 9.50(d)

About the Author

Edward Marston has written over a hundred books, including some non fiction. He is best known for his hugely successful Railway Detective series. His other current series are the Home Front Detective , set in the Great War, and the Bow Street Rivals, featuring identical twin detectives during the Regency.

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The Iron Horse: Inspector Robert Colbeck Series, Book 4 3 out of 5 based on 0 ratings. 1 reviews.
devenish on LibraryThing More than 1 year ago
Disappointing,as the story concentrated on Horse Racing rather than that of the Railways as is more usual in this series. A severed head is found in a lady's hatbox,in the early part of the story. Inspector Colbeck investigates and the trail swiftly moves to the world of horses and the racing world.Not one of Marston's better efforts,in fact decidedly on the slow side. Not a Winner !