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Cargando... Murder at Deviation Junction (Jim Stringer Mystery) (edición 2008)por Andrew Martin
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. “Murder at Deviation Junction” is a genuinely good read, and follows enjoyably in the footsteps of other fusions of railroads and murder, such as “Murder on the Orient Express” and “North by Northwest”. It may not be such a glamorous picture of travelling by train as these other, later, works, but shows the combination of crime and the steady relentless progress offered by the railway is one, when well done, consistently works. For full review please see: http://southlondonbook.blogspot.com/2009/08/murder-at-deviation-junction-andrew.... sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
Pertenece a las seriesJim Stringer (4)
A train hits a snow drift in the frozen Cleveland Hills. In the process of clearing the line a body is discovered, and so begins a dangerous case for struggling Edwardian railway detective, Jim Stringer. Jim's new investigation takes him to the mighty blast furnaces of Ironopolis, to Fleet Street in the company of a cynical reporter from The Railway Rover, and to a nightmarish spot in the Highlands. Jim's faltering career in the railway police hangs on whether he can solve the murder - but before long the pursuer becomes the pursued, and Jim finds himself fighting not just for his job, but for his very life as well. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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We have moved on a couple of years, Stringer is up for promotion, but is up against his direct superior, who would prefer to see him shuffling papers. Stringer should be on the trail of a football thug, but can't keep away from the mysterious circumstances surrounding the discovered body of man who apparently committed suicide. As in previous books, Stringer jumps blindly into danger, following the trail of 5 men caught on film by the dead man, taking him to London and even as far north as Inverness.
Jim is showing his frustration about being so near the railways, but yet not allowed to drive the trains, but his growing family is banking on his promotion. His wife, Lydia, is moving up in the Co-operative, intent on bringing the family up, not helped by a drunk Jim pitching up at her Christmas do. I still wish the author would give Lily more print, as she is a great character.
The series is still entertaining for me, the trains and the penny dreadful style. It is a gentle mystery, one for a quiet afternoon on the sofa. Number 5 beckons. ( )