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    Points of Danger

    By Edward Marston

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    1861, East Anglia. Alone in a first-class carriage, the Swarbricks are robbed at gunpoint, but when the universally-admired Swarbrick fights back, the train robber takes more than money and jewellery, killing the man working to unify East Anglia's tangle of railway networks. Inspector Colbeck is brought in from London, as the only detective in Britain with enough expertise for the job. But as Swarbrick's glowing reputation begins to crumble, the line of investigation isn't clear: Is this the act of a bungling burglar, a business rival, a disgruntled son, or a jealous lover? Whoever it is, they are determined to involve Colbeck in their fight. Is the Railway Detective following the right track or will he need to switch points to bring the murderer to justice?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAllison & Busby
    Release dateOct 18, 2018
    ISBN9780749023577
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    Edward Marston

    Edward Marston has written well over a hundred books, including some non-fiction. He is best known for his hugely successful Railway Detective series and he also writes the Bow Street Rivals series featuring twin detectives set during the Regency; the Home Front Detective novels set during the First World War; and the Ocean Liner mysteries.

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      I throughly enjoy Inspector Colbeck... I'm glad that Superintendent Tallis has had his comeuppance and Sergeant Leeming is finally whining less, he was bordering on intolerable.Superintendent Tallis has quite literally lost his mind after his kidnapping and is sent to the country to heal...Meanwhile Colbeck & Leeming are investigating the murder of a member of Parliament who was working to unify the incompetency & unreliability of the four Railroad Companies of East Anglia.At first the murder looks like a robbery gone bad but as the investigation continues and more clues are discovered the murder moves closer to home.There are several promising suspects and several of them work for the East Central Railway that the victim was working with, including a former London policeman with a shady past.In London, Colbeck's wife, Madeline, is approached by a brazenly forward Mr Fairbank, who offers her £200 for a painting of a Great Western Railway train. Her father, who worked for London and North Western Railway, loathing all other Railways, interferes in her business dealing... we learn through Madeline's investigations that Mr. Fairbank is a champion of women artists, but his support of them seems dodgy.The book was interesting and the plot was well mapped out w/ many a twist. Sergeant Leeming is becoming a better & stronger detective and his skills of reasoning are sharper than before. I still dislike Madeline's father for his closed mindedness and disrespectful interfering actions. As for Superintendent Tallis, it seems as if he may be mellowing in his dealings w/ others, so we can only hope this is actually so.