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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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Yorkshire 1855. When Colonel Aubrey Tarleton walks into the path of a speeding train, he is crushed to death on the track. The famous Railway Detective, Inspector Robert Colbeck, is immediately put on the case to determine why such a well-respected man would have resorted to suicide. Tarleton's wife had recently gone missing, but was the colonel responsible for her disappearance? It's up to Colbeck and his trusty sergeant Victor Leeming to uncover the truth.
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36 of 36 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I always look forward to a new outing of the famous Railway Detective Robert Colbeck and Sargeant Victor Leeming and i am not disappointed.In this new case we find them in Yorkshire looking into the suicide of a old friend of his boss Superintendent Tallis,but this is only the start of the intrigue as the wife of the dead man is missing and the locals believe that the dead man had killed her.This is a grand romp with lots of railway interest,that has been throughly researched and has a fast-moving plot with meny twist and turns that has you guessing to the end.If this is your first excursion with Robert Colbeck it will not be long before your looking for the rest of the time table.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
I enjoy the Railway Detective series and I've read them all through. This is much of the same, and I enjoyed the story. However this far in there are some glaring problems with Marston's writing.
The most obvious is the use of Deus Ex Machina plot resolution points. For e.g. in this one, without spoiling too much, the plot is resolved in the last 10 pages of the book by the chance discovery of some letters, the contents of which have never even been hinted at before. The discovery is made 'off-camera' as well. There is also the usual sense of rushing, in every Railway Detective book it's very much "And they found the murderer, the end!" All the exciting trials and arrests happen, again, 'off camera'. Marston prefers to tell rather than show when it should be the other way round.
That said, I finished the story and I enjoyed it, but I can't help feeling the author is somewhat running out of ideas. Apart from anything else, this plot is only tangentially related to railways at all (and again, that tenuous link is brought in in the last chapter as an "oh by the way, the dead man had xyz link to the railways").
If you've read the others and enjoyed them, by all means get this one too, the story is still good (if overly familiar by now!) and the pace keeps up.
The most obvious is the use of Deus Ex Machina plot resolution points. For e.g. in this one, without spoiling too much, the plot is resolved in the last 10 pages of the book by the chance discovery of some letters, the contents of which have never even been hinted at before. The discovery is made 'off-camera' as well. There is also the usual sense of rushing, in every Railway Detective book it's very much "And they found the murderer, the end!" All the exciting trials and arrests happen, again, 'off camera'. Marston prefers to tell rather than show when it should be the other way round.
That said, I finished the story and I enjoyed it, but I can't help feeling the author is somewhat running out of ideas. Apart from anything else, this plot is only tangentially related to railways at all (and again, that tenuous link is brought in in the last chapter as an "oh by the way, the dead man had xyz link to the railways").
If you've read the others and enjoyed them, by all means get this one too, the story is still good (if overly familiar by now!) and the pace keeps up.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Another typical Edward Marston detective novel. Extremely well written and for me highly enjoyable.
Follows the pattern of previous books and is imediately readable. Couldn't put it down. More please.
Follows the pattern of previous books and is imediately readable. Couldn't put it down. More please.
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Another Excellent Outing For The Suave Railway Detective
England 1855, and Inspector Robert Colbeck finds himself separated from his new fiancee by the surprising suicide of a former army colonel friend of his chief, Tallis. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Crux Roesia
Railway to the Grave
The book is brilliant as are all other Edward Marston books. An easy read where you cannot wait for the next chapter
Published 2 months ago by edwin
Colbeck? Yawn!
I've read all the Inspector Colbeck books up until this one (for lack of anything better to read) and although it started off as pretty entertaining, it has got to that point where... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Esther
Back on track
After the slightly disappointing Silver Locomotive I was pleased with Railway to the Grave. Colonel Tarleton, well respected local man and army hero commits suicide on the railway... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Adrenalin Streams
Railway To The Grave
Another well written and enjoyable novel about the Railway Detective and his work during the mid Victorian railway era.
Published 9 months ago by Woody
Better in the grave
Badly written, pretty unconvincing and ultimately boring!It was my first book by this author, and will certainly remain the only one.
Published 11 months ago by Jurgen Diethe
Potboiler
I've read a few of Edward Marston's Inspector Colbeck novels so I suppose that fact says the novels must be reasonable. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Mr. Alastair Brown
railway to the grave
I would recommend this to people who are interested in steam train's and those who like dective novel's. With a romantic twist.
Published 18 months ago by Ms. V. R. Steer
Humm
A very interesting and rattling yarn.
However, it's connection with the Railways is very marginal to say the least.
However, it's connection with the Railways is very marginal to say the least.
Published 20 months ago by K J CHESWORTH
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