The Railway Detective's Christmas Case

Inspector Robert Colbeck does it again with the help of Sergeant Victor Leeming. These books are becoming formulaic and I wonder how many more of these there can be, given there's only so many murder scenarios that can be provided based on Victorian train travel? This story takes place in The Malvern......more

thanks to netgalley and the publishers for a free copy in return for an open and honest review this in the latest of the railway detective series is a return to how the series was in the past but maybe the time for the series is coming to the close as events in the latest book. the usual red herrings......more

The Railway Detective’s Christmas Case is the first I’ve read in the series. It works fine as a stand-alone, but I wonder if I would have enjoyed it more had I been more familiar with the characters. Colbeck’s family is featured often, mostly hoping he gets home in time for Christmas and, for me, th......more

I would like to thank Netgalley and Allison & Busby for an advance copy of The Railway Detective’s Christmas Case, the twentieth novel to feature Inspector Colbeck of Scotland Yard, set in December 1864. An excursion train is stopped in the Malvern Hills by a blockage on the line. When works manager......more

December 1864. As a cold winter wind scours the Worcestershire countryside, an excursion train comes through a tunnel in the Malvern Hills to be confronted by a blockage on the line ahead. The driver manages to slow the train down so that the impact is minimised, but the passengers are alarmed. The......more