The Railway Detective: The bestselling Victorian mystery series: 1

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Caleb Andrews is no longer a critical case and has been taken home where Madeleine is looking after him. However, the events take unexpected turns as the daughter of the injured train driver gets kidnapped by the other group of the criminals. The traditional story, however, takes on a fresh twist when the wife falls over her deceased boyfriend while heading to a tryst on the railroad tracks. Colbeck is unmarried in 1851 but when he meets Madeleine after the train robbery, in which her father was seriously injured, he is immediately attracted to her and their developing relationship is a series theme. Local law enforcement is stumped by the inexplicable murder of Vivian Quayle, director of the Midland Railway and a cornerstone of the neighborhood, and they need Scotland Yard’s help.

The Birmingham bank manager, Ernest Kitson, explains to Colbeck the purpose of the Bank Charter Act 1844 which was introduced by the late Robert Peel as prime minister. An intriguing dip into murky, mid-1850's London, full of twists and memorable characters, and a mystery that will surprise you at every turn. However, the two continue to investigate the murders along with the surveys amidst several other murders taking place in the Bedwyn town. He resents Colbeck's presence but is forced to admit that traces of wax on the keys of the corresponding safe prove that duplicates were made at Chubb.However, inspector Colbeck and the sergeant Leeming later come to know that the victim, Jake Bransby was a public executioner by profession and realize that the murder must have used that specific weapon for that particular reason. Leeming's instincts tell him otherwise and Omber eventually has to apologise after the unwitting complicity of Albert Woodhead is revealed. To read more about the site or if you want a graphic to link to us, see the about page for more details. The character of Leeming, especially with the name Victor, is an amalgam of many played by Victor McLaglen. Based in Ashford, a railway town, Colbeck and his assistant, Sergeant Victor Leeming, have to solve the crime for which an innocent man was wrongly executed before they can catch the hangman's killer.

A sniper shoots Hubbleday to death while he is speaking to the guard, driver, and fireman at the front of the locomotive. His first historical mystery, The Queen's Head, was published in 1988, launching the Nicholas Bracewell series.

Slaughter in the Sapperton Tunnel– A cargo train is traveling quickly through the Sapperton Tunnel when calamity strikes when it collides with a strange obstruction on the tracks: seven sheep that have been corralled. One such murder happens when a wealthy miller is killed by a wolf in the Savernake Forest in the Bedwyn town. The readers found themselves flowing into a mysterious world in a captivated train journey from start to end. However, he gets enraged at the murder of his eldest son, Guy and decides to demand justice at all costs.

Full of historical detail, unexpected twists and memorable characters, this is a mystery that will surprise you at every turn. The novel is full of evocative and artful adventures along with lore, humor and the historical legend of the 11th century England. There is also a visit to the first church built by a railway company and an encounter with Jenny Lind, the Swedish Nightingale. The fifth novel in the Railway Detective series confronts Robert Colbeck with his most difficult assignment to date.The first novel of the series was published under the title “The Wolves of Savernake” in the year 1993 by the Fawcett publishing house.