Murder at Deviation Junction: A Jim Stringer Mystery
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ISBN: 015603445X / Publisher: Harper Paperbacks, January 2009
When a train becomes snarled in a snow drift in the frozen Cleveland Hills, and a body is discovered in the process of clearing the line, struggling Edwardian railway detective Jim Stringer is plunged into a perilous case as he chases a ruthless killer across the country, only to find the pursuer becoming the pursued. Original.
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From the author of The Necropolis Railway, The Blackpool Highflyer, and The Lost Luggage Porter comes another thrilling mystery featuring railway detective Jim Stringer. It is winter 1909, and Jim desperately needs his anticipated New Year’s promotion in order to pay for a nurse for his ailing son.Jumping at any opportunity to impress his supervisor, Jim agrees to investigate a standard assault in a nearby town. But when his train home hits a snowdrift and a body is discovered buried in the snow, Jim finds himself tracking another dangerous killer. Soon he is on a mad chase to find the suspect, trailing him to the furnaces of Ironopolis and across the country on a dangerous ride to the Highlands. As pursuer becomes pursued, Jim begins to doubt he will ever get his promotion— or that he will survive this case at all.
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