The Stationmaster's farewell / Edward Marston.
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TextSeries: Marston, Edward. Railway detective series ; Publication details: London : Allison & Busby, c 2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 383 pages ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0749040211; 9780749040215; 9780749013066; 0749013060Subject(s): Colbeck, Robert, (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Leeming, Victor, (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Police -- Great Britain -- Fiction | Colbeck, Robert (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Leeming, Victor (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Police -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction | Railroad travel -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction | Detective and mystery stories | Colbeck, Robert (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Murder -- Investigation -- England -- Exeter -- Fiction | Railroad stories | Detective and mystery stories | Murder -- Investigation | Railroad stories | Railroad station managers -- Crimes against -- Fiction | Exeter (England) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction | England -- Exeter | Mystery fictionGenre/Form: Detective and mystery stories | Fiction. | Detective and mystery fiction. | Detective and mystery fiction. | Detective and mystery fiction. DDC classification: 823/.914 LOC classification: PR6063.I3175 | S73 2012Online resources: Click here to search for similar authors using Fiction Connection Summary: When the bonfire finally dies down on Guy Fawkes night 1857, the charred remains of a popular stationmaster's body are found. Who would possibly want to murder a man so universally liked? It's the question Detective Inspector Robert Colbeck and Sergeant Victor Lemming ask when they arrive in Exeter at the request of the South Devon Railway. Yet, as they investigate the stationmaster's life, they realize he is not as popular as they first believed. With a scorned jilted lover, a resentful colleague and a violent elder brother among the many suspects, the detectives must use all their skill and wit to solve the case.
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"An intriguing new case for the railway detective" -- Cover.
When the bonfire finally dies down on Guy Fawkes night 1857, the charred remains of a popular stationmaster's body are found. Who would possibly want to murder a man so universally liked? It's the question Detective Inspector Robert Colbeck and Sergeant Victor Lemming ask when they arrive in Exeter at the request of the South Devon Railway. Yet, as they investigate the stationmaster's life, they realize he is not as popular as they first believed. With a scorned jilted lover, a resentful colleague and a violent elder brother among the many suspects, the detectives must use all their skill and wit to solve the case.
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