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THE NECROPOLIS RAILWAY
A NOVEL OF MURDER, MYSTERY AND STEAM |
| By: |
Andrew Martin |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
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£5.82 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0571252222 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780571252220 |
| Publisher: |
FABER & FABER |
| Pub. date: |
2 April, 2009 |
| Series: |
Jim Stringer |
| Pages: |
240 |
| Description: |
When railwayman Jim Stringer moves to London in 1903, he finds his duties are confined to a mysterious graveyard line. The men he works alongside have formed an instant loathing for him - and his predecessor has disappeared. Can Jim work out what is going on before he too is travelling on a one-way coffin ticket aboard the Necropolis Railway? |
| Synopsis: |
"A brilliant murder mystery set in Edwardian London about a railway line that runs only to a massive cemetery." (Daily Mirror). When railwayman Jim Stringer moves to the garish and tawdry London of 1903, he finds his duties are confined to a mysterious graveyard line. The men he works alongside have formed an instant loathing for him - and his predecessor has disappeared under suspicious circumstances. Can Jim work out what is going on before he too is travelling on a one-way coffin ticket aboard the Necropolis Railway? "Guaranteed to make the flesh creep and the skin crawl, a masterful novel about a mad, clanking, fog-bound world." (Simon Winchester). "A murderous conspiracy of a plot graced with style, wit and the sharp, true taste of a time gone by ...So beautifully nuanced and so effortlessly pleasurable to read that you almost want to keep it a personal secret." (Independent on Sunday). |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Faber & Faber Crime |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |