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The Iron Horse (Detective Inspector Robert Colbeck) (Paperback)

by Edward Marston (Author)
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Allison & Busby; paperback / softback edition (23 Jun 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0749079150
  • ISBN-13: 978-0749079154
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13 x 2.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 25,888 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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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?

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5.0 out of 5 stars Good Old Fashion Victorian Crime Thriller, 28 Feb 2009
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I've read three of the authors "Railway Detective" stories and they are a Very enjoyable read. Insp Colbeck & Sgt Leeming form a great partnership to tackle what is thrown at them. Superintendent Tallis comes across as a grumpy and unlovable character but if his back is to the wall he will stick up for his men.Iron Horse is appropriate enough for a title, dealing with Horse racing, gruesome death and poor old Leeming getting the rough end of the stick. Marstons stories are entertaining and good tradtional "Whodunnit's".A bloody and violent ending completes the story.Recommended. I have read the other "Stringer" railway detective novels by Andrew Martin, but these have a much better storyline.
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22 of 30 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Fourth in the Inspector Colbeck Mysteries, 1 Aug 2007
By J. Chippindale (England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Iron Horse (Inspector Robert Colbeck) (Hardcover)

Keith Miles, aka Edward Marston and Martin Inigo, came from Wales to read Modern History at Oxford. He has been a university lecturer, radio, television, and theatre dramatist, and in addition to writing has worked as an actor, director, and dramatist. He has been quite a prolific writer under the pseudonym Edward Marston with a long series of books featuring the Elizabethan theatre, and also his Domesday. When not travelling or fulfilling speaking engagements, he lives in rural isolation in Kent.

This is the fourth book that features Inspector Colbeck. The book has a dramatic opening when a small crowd of passengers standing besides some luggage at the station are given the fright of their lives when the lid of a hatbox is flipped open and its contents tipped out. Rolling about on the platform was a human head.

The country at large is excited as Derby Day approaches. People from all walks of Victorian society gather to watch the races. The plot thickens when another human head is discovered on a train at Crewe. Inspector Colbeck and his assistant are assigned the case and are rapidly involved in a web of deceit that stretches across the country. Just how much is someone prepared to gamble to win . . .
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9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars The Iron Horse, 27 Aug 2007
By Mr. Alan Hughes (cumbria england) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Iron Horse (Inspector Robert Colbeck) (Hardcover)
Although the 'railways' don't play a significant role in this story as its predecessors I still found it absorbing and difficult to put down.
It took me 2 evenings to finish due to work but entertaining it was. Highly recommended - another success for Edward Marston
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5.0 out of 5 stars Iron Horse
The latest and best of the Robert Colbeck stories,with a great climax.

Just waiting now for the next one,

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