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'A grand romp very much in the tradition of Holmes and Watson... Packed with characters Dickens would have been proud of. Wonderful, well written'TIME OUT
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'A small crowd of passengers stood beside the piles of luggage and a collective gasp of horror went up. As the lid of the hatbox flipped open, its contents were tipped roughly out. Reginald Hibbert could not believe his eyes. Rolling around below him on the platform was a human head. '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 country a-flutter in the run up to this national occasion, events reach a fever pitch when 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. Soon, they are forced to ask themselves, just how much is someone prepared to hazard in order to win?
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
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.
9 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format: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
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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I have now gone through the first three of this series, and have made various comments about the characterisation and pace of previous books. All of these, barring the irksome superintendent are missing from this story, which has a background set against the then murky world of horse racing - in fact, other than the discovery of the initial body part on a train, this has little railway background at all. This one is a true whodunnit, though I did have a good idea who the criminal was, but there were enough red herrings and twists to make me wonder whether I was right, and then towards the end, even the superintendent came good as he started to shed his crusty image (at least for a while). In all, this is probably the best so far.
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The iron horse
A good read but not the best in this series.A little overlong and not the depth of plot or subplot to keep me engrossed.
Published 2 months ago by David Mckeown
Gripping story
I have come to expect the very best from author Edward Marston and "The Iron Horse" certainly does not disappoint. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Cymro
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I have read all but the last of The Railway Detective books and loved them all.
The only reason I have not read the latest one, is because it's in hard back form. Read more
The only reason I have not read the latest one, is because it's in hard back form. Read more
Published 6 months ago by G. Chandler
An improvement over the first three
The fourth of the "Railway Detective" novels is much more of a traditional murder mystery than the earlier volumes - those are police procedurals and the perpetrator is never in... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Norm Deplume
An excellent Whodunnit
I agree with other reviews that this is an excellent whodunnit which kept me guessing right to the end - normally you have some idea about who the culprit is and sometimes crime... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Colin Mayo
Too much filthy speech!
A great story, but you can't be a prude to read this book.
Even the horrible 'c' word is used, and unfortunately Edward
Marston takes great relish in using every swear... Read more
Even the horrible 'c' word is used, and unfortunately Edward
Marston takes great relish in using every swear... Read more
Published on 24 Feb 2010 by Mr. Peter Armstrong
The Iron Horse
I am in the process of reading all the Detective Inspector Robert Colbeck novels and am really enjoying them. Read more
Published on 18 Feb 2010 by J. Arnold
Iron Horse
The latest and best of the Robert Colbeck stories,with a great climax.
Just waiting now for the next one,
John.
Just waiting now for the next one,
John.
Published on 14 Feb 2009 by C. J. Whitaker
Fourth in the Inspector Colbeck Mysteries
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