Murder in the First-Class Carriage: The First Victorian Railway Killing
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781590206751 (1590206754)
ASIN: 1590206754
Publish date: 2011-11-10
Publisher: Overlook Hardcover
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
In 1864, a train's first-class carriage was discovered to be empty of passengers but liberally smeared in blood. Some hours later, the original occupant was found--dead, his body discarded near the train tracks. The police tracked his stolen top hat and watch chain through the pawn shops of London...
This book started out very interesting, but it got somewhat tiresome by the time I got to the end. It is the story of the first murder in a railway private car in England. The manhunt comes all the way to the United States during the Civil War. As another commenter I read pointed out, the book's aut...
Please read my entire review here: http://bit.ly/piDY3n
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