Blood on the Tracks

'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.

Product details

• Authors: Martin Edwards, Martin (editor) Edwards
• Assisted by: Marti Edwards (Editor), Martin Edwards (Editor)
• Publisher: British Library
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.03.2018
• EAN: 9780712352703
• ISBN: 978-0-7123-5270-3
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 190 mm x 25 mm
• Series: British Library Crime Classics; British Library Crime Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General, FICTION / Crime, FICTION / Classics, Classic crime, Classic crime and mystery fiction