Edward Marston
Birth date: January 01, 1940
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I love this series. Set in London in WW I, this installment follows Inspector Marmion and Sergeant Keedy as they solve the murders of 2 women, one in a cinema and one in a park. There was a lot going on in this one; Marmion's son in France for the Battle of Somme, his wife battling an embitter...
This story of Domesday Book, murder and intrigue is quite an interesting one. Gervase Bret is a half-saxon lawyer and his companion Ralph Delchard are two Doomesday Commissioners, taking part in the survey. They find themselves in Bedwyn where there is intrigue and shortly after they arrive a de...
Opening: 1852. Something was missing. His preliminary sketch of the Sankey Viaduct was both dramatic and satisfyingly precise but it needed something to anchor it, a human dimension to give a sense of scale.3* The Excursion Train (Detective Inspector Robert Colbeck #2)CR The Railway Viaduct (Detect...
Another one in the series starring the Railway Detective. A Yorkshire gentleman decides to commit suicide by walking in front of a train. Not nice. Turns out he was an ex-army colleague of Colbeck's boss, and went to his death with a note for him in his pocket. So Colbeck is sent to investigate. Tur...
I quite liked this. The hero of the piece is Captain Rawson, who is evidently a dashing soldier and a spy on the side. He's in Marlborough's army and we find him initally bedding the bored wife of a French General to discover information, which works, but doesn't please the general very much. He set...