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Tragedy on the Branch Line

Railway Detective 19

Edward Marston

Set in Victorian England, the 19th book in the Railway Detective series sees Inspector Colbeck summoned by the Master of Corpus Christi College following a student's suspicious death. His investigation reveals academic disputes, sporting rivalries and a clandestine romance.

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Product information:
  • Publisher: Allison & Busby
  • Year: 2022
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 352pp
  • Illustrated: No
  • Dimensions: 197x127mm
  • ISBN: 9780749026141
  • Condition: New
  • Weight: 0.2kg
Product code:
517597
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When Bernard Pomeroy finds a letter slipped under his door in the early hours, he flies into a panic. After dashing off a short note to his friend, he hands it to the porter at Corpus Christi College before hastening on to the railway station and boarding a train leaving Cambridge. However, shortly after disembarking at his destination, the undergraduate lies dead on the platform.

Inspector Colbeck and Sergeant Leeming are summoned by the Master of the college to investigate Pomeroy's untimely demise. With the Boat Race on the horizon, the president of the Cambridge Boat Club believes their Oxford rivals responsible for the death of their cox, who had been heralded in the press for his talent. Yet it seems Pomeroy had ruffled many feathers during his short time at the university.


With academic disputes, sporting rivalry and a clandestine romance in play, the Railway Detective will have to disentangle the many threads of Pomeroy's life in order to answer the truth about his death.
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