Edward Marston

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The Railway Detective (Inspector Robe...

Edward Marston

In 1851 England, the city of London anticipates the grand opening of the Great Expedition. Excitement is mounting with each engineering triumph of the railways, but not everyone feels like celebrating. A sudden attack hits the London ...

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Published: Jun 2005

The Merry Devils

Edward Marston

Bookholder Nicholas Bracewell, fresh from his triumph holding together his volatile players' company during a treasonous plot against Queen Elizabeth, is set to make the galleries of The Queen's Head ring with laughter with a new co...

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Published: Feb 2001

Murder on the Celtic (Ocean Liner Mys...

Edward Marston

New York, 1910. George Dillman and Genevieve Masefield have crossed the Atlantic Ocean numerous times in their capacity as ship's detectives. On several of those crossings they've had the pleasure, and in some cases the trouble, of sa...

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Published: Aug 2022

Murder on the Marmora (Ocean Liner My...

Edward Marston

Egypt, 1908. George Dillman and Genevieve Masefield, used to the grand opulence of the Cunard cruise line, are at first disappointed with the Marmora, a small, unimpressive ship owned by the P&O shipping line. Employed by P&O to be th...

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Published: Jun 2022

Signal for Vengeance (The Railway Det...

Edward Marston

1860, Wimborne, Dorset. Rebecca Tullidge, miserably married to her callous husband, finds some escape through a love affair with another man. After putting her drunk husband to bed one Saturday night, she sneaks from their lodge to me...

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Published: Oct 2017

Ticket to Oblivion (Railway Detective...

Edward Marston

 Summer, 1858. Young Imogen Burnhope and her maid Rhoda board a non-stop train to Oxford to visit Imogen's Aunt Cassandra, who waits on the platform at the terminus to greet them. All the passengers alight at Oxford, but the two wome...

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Published: Jun 2015

Tragedy on the Branch Line (Railway D...

Edward Marston

When Bernard Pomeroy finds a letter slipped under his door in the early hours, he flies into a panic. After dashing off a short note to his friend, he hands it to the porter at Corpus Christi College before hastening on to the railway...

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Published: Jan 2022

The Railway Viaduct

Edward Marston

As a train speeds over the Sankey Viaduct, the dead body of a man is hurled into the canal below. Inspector Robert Colbeck and Sergeant Victor Leeming take charge of their most complex and difficult case yet. Hampered by the fact that...

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Published: Sep 2007

Murder on the Lusitania (Ocean Liner ...

Edward Marston

Starting on the maiden voyage of the Lusitania, American private detective George Dillman and Englishwoman Genevieve Masefield, make a winning duo for these compelling whodunnits aboard the iconic luxury liners of the time.

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Published: Feb 2022

A Bespoke Murder: Home Front Detectiv...

Edward Marston

With thousands of Britons fighting in the trenches, a severely depleted police force remains behind to keep the Home Front safe and continue the fight against crime, espionage, and military desertion. In London, Scotland Yard is alrea...

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Published: Dec 2012

Dance of Death (The Home Front Detect...

Edward Marston

London, Autumn 1916. When he slips out of a house in the early hours of the morning, Simon Wilder is too preoccupied to realize that he is being stalked. As he walks along the street, lights begin to dim as a warning that there's anot...

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Published: Dec 2016

Date With the Executioner (The Bow St...

Edward Marston

1817. Dawn breaks on a summer's day in Chalk Farm, London, and the scene is set for a duel between a lady's two ardent admirers. Paul Skillen has been teaching Mark Bowerman how to shoot properly, and although he is not sanguine of hi...

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Published: Apr 2018

Fear on the Phantom Special

Edward Marston

Halloween, 1861. A special train with two carriages steams across the Lake District at night on its way to a place notorious for its record of supernatural incidents. Most of those on board have been fortified by alcohol so the mood i...

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Published: Jun 2020

Murder on the Caronia (Ocean Liner My...

Edward Marston

Genevieve Masefield and George Porter Dillman have met all kinds of people while sailing as ship detectives for the Cunard Line. But as they prepare to embark on yet another Atlantic crossing, this time aboard the famous Caronia, they...

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Published: Apr 2022

Rage of the Assassin (Bow Street Riva...

Edward Marston

London, 1817. An impatient crowd is gathered outside the stage door of the Covent Garden Theatre, desperate for a glimpse of actress Hannah Granville after her latest performance as Lady Macbeth, amongst them the Prince Regent himself...

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Published: Jan 2021

Shadow of the Hangman (The Bow Street...

Edward Marston

A riot breaks out in Dartmoor prison, enabling some American inmates to escape. The twin detectives Peter and Paul Skillen catch wind of a projected assassination but the target is unknown. Trouble ensues when a woman from the Home Of...

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Published: Mar 2016

Soldier of Fortune (Captain Rawson)

Edward Marston

IT IS 1704 AND EUROPE IS AT WARWith Lord Churchill's rousing words ringing in his ears, the courageous young Captain Daniel Rawson embarks on a dangerous mission to lead his men into battle against the French enemy. He must succeed at...

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Published: Jan 2018

The Enemy Within (The Home Front Dete...

Edward Marston

Pentonville Prison. Wally Hubbard is serving a long sentence for arson. But after befriending and tricking one of the officers, Hubbard makes an audacious escape. Inspector Marmion, the detective who arrested Hubbard, is warned to wat...

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Published: Dec 2017

The Foxes of Warwick (Domesday, 9)

Edward Marston

While hunting in the Forest of Arden, Henry Beaumont discovers the crushed body of a former member of his household. Flying into a rage, he soon arrests Boio, a local blacksmith, who was seen in the area, though the man disputes this...

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Published: May 2021

The Lions of the North (Domesday)

Edward Marston

Ralph Delchard, a former soldier in the notorious Battle of Hastings, and Gervase Bret, a skilled lawyer, continue to travel the length of England examining issues raised during the collection of information for the Domesday Book, th...

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Published: May 2021

The Ravens of Blackwater (Domesday)

Edward Marston

The small village of Maldon is controlled by the wealthy and rapacious Fitzcorbucion family. When the eldest son, Guy, is found murdered, his father demands justice and will stop at nothing to get it. Ralph Delchard and Gervase Bret a...

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Published: Oct 2020

The Unseen Hand (Home Front Detective...

Edward Marston

1917. The Lotus Hotel offers sanctuary for its exclusively female clientele, attracting the cream of London's society. But a dead body found in one of its rooms is hardly good for business, and when it is discovered that the woman was...

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Published: Feb 2020

Murder at the Arizona Biltmore: From ...

Edward Marston

Inspired by a handwritten note from his idol, Frank Lloyd Wright, Merlin Richards sets off from the Welsh valleys to the Arizona desert to launch his architectural career. Nowhere in Wright's note does it say anything about murder. ...

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Published: Jul 2023

Murder on the Brighton Express (Railw...

Edward Marston

When the engines finally met, there was a deafening clash and the Brighton Express twisted and buckled, tipping its carriages on to the other line. It was a scene of utter devastation. October 1854. As crowds of passengers rush to mak...

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Published: Sep 2009

A Christmas Railway Mystery (Railway ...

Edward Marston

December 1860. Headed for the morning shift at the Swindon Locomotive works is an army of men pouring out of terraced houses built by the GWR, a miniature town and planned community that aims to provide for its employees from cradle t...

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Published: Oct 2018

Death at the Terminus: The bestsellin...

Edward Marston

York, 1865. A passenger train stands ready to depart amid the bustle at the station. The flurry of passengers and porters, the swooping pigeons and barking dogs are thrown into a state of turmoil when an explosion rips through the bra...

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Published: Jan 2024

Fugitive from the Grave

Edward Marston

1817. Clemency van Emden receives an anonymous terse message informing her that her estranged father is dead and buried. A chance encounter on a busy London street leads her to twin detectives Peter and Paul Skillen, who agree to help...

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Published: Apr 2019

Homicide in Chicago: From the bestsel...

Edward Marston

Chicago, 1931. While the Great Depression has tightened its grip on the world, there are still some men who have the means to make their dreams a reality. One of these men is Hobart St. John, who wants a sixteen-room mansion in the Ch...

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Published: Jul 2023

Inspector Colbeck's Casebook: Thirtee...

Edward Marston

A classically-told crime series with historical background and railway focus used to great effect.A volume in the series, Blood on the Line, went straight into the Small Publisher's Top Ten in Spring 2012.

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Published: Jan 2015

Instrument of Slaughter: Home Front D...

Edward Marston

January 1916. Britain is on the brink of enforcing conscription. Eligible young men who have not yet signed up to fight are despised as 'conchies' and 'shirkers', subjected to hatred and verbal abuse. Cyril Ablatt, leader of Shoreditc...

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Published: Feb 2014
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