Timetable of Death, Edward Marston
Timetable of Death, Edward Marston
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Timetable of Death

Author: Edward Marston

Narrator: Nick McArdle

Unabridged: 10 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/01/2016


Synopsis

1859, St. Mary’s Church, Sponden. A little girl playing hide-and-seek jumps into a freshly dug grave to find a dead man already occupying it. It is the body of Cecile Norton, a senior director of the Midland Railway. Inspector Colbeck and Sergeant Leeming travel to Derbyshire to investigate.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Gerry on April 11, 2017

Two children, Sam and Lizzie Grindle, are playing a game of hide-and-seek and head for the local graveyard where a freshly dug grave is awaiting its occupant, Cecily Peet, who had suffered an untimely death when still short of her 50th birthday. Lizzie decides that it is a capital place to hide so i......more

Goodreads review by Jim on June 20, 2015

This for me is one of the best Railway Detective adventures,it had it all,red herrings by the boat load,great railway information and just for the summer a little bit of cricket.Colbeck and Sergeant Leeming head for Derby where a body has been found in a grave,not unusual but just not the one it was......more

Goodreads review by Pauline on June 17, 2017

I started reading this series after being impressed when listening to the author on radio, and I loved the idea of the railway detective. I do keep coming back to the series for a light read, but I must admit they're disappointing. This one is a better one, with an interesting plot, though it's stil......more

Goodreads review by Christopher on April 01, 2024

A delightful story. There are plenty of twists and turns around this case; with some intreging characters that gave the story its depth. It was a rushed ending, but this seems to be the case with the Railway Detective series, so I'm not too bothered. P.s. I got who I thought it was wrong!! There is a......more

Goodreads review by Naomi on May 29, 2018

I am a huge fan of Edward Marston’s Railway Detective books. Having picked up the first one I read as an opportunity to try a type of book I don’t normally read, I have since become hooked, and am on a mission to read them all. This book is no different. Another tale woven utilising an intriguing de......more