Blood on the Tracks: Railway Mysteries

Martin Edwards (Curatore)

British Library Publishing, 2018

'Never had I been given a tougher problem to solve, and never had I been so utterly at my wits' end for a solution.' A signalman is found dead by a railway tunnel. A man identifies his wife as a victim of murder on the underground. Two passengers mysteriously disappear between stations, leaving behind a dead body. Trains have been a favourite setting of many crime writers, providing the mobile equivalent of the 'locked-room' scenario. Their enclosed carriages with a limited number of suspects lend themselves to seemingly impossible crimes. In an era of cancellations and delays, alibis reliant upon a timely train service no longer ring true, yet the railway detective has enjoyed a resurgence of popularity in the twenty-first century. Both train buffs and crime fans will delight in this selection of fifteen railway-themed mysteries, featuring some of the most popular authors of their day alongside less familiar names. This is a collection to beguile even the most wearisome commuter.

• Curatore: Martin Edwards
• Editore: British Library Publishing
• Collana: British Library Crime Classics
• Anno: 2018
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 288 p.
• Dimensioni: 190 x 130 mm
• EAN: 9780712352703

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