The Railway Detective: The bestselling Victorian mystery series: 1

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The novel series “Domesday” written by Edward consists of 11 highly successful novels based on the historical mystery genre.

Colbeck is right about the Crystal Palace and, aided by Leeming and Mulryne, is able to arrest Jukes and the Seymours one night when they try to destroy the Lord of the Isles. In an audacious attack, the London to Birmingham mail train is robbed and derailed, causing many casualties. Gilzean is a paradox, being a murderer who nevertheless insists on "gentlemanly behaviour" towards women.The gang strikes again at the Kilsby Tunnel, placing gunpowder at one end in a bid to destroy both the tunnel and a train carrying glass sheets for use in the Crystal Palace. The novel mentions Prince Albert as the exhibition organiser and Joseph Paxton as its main designer. However, the events take unexpected turns as the daughter of the injured train driver gets kidnapped by the other group of the criminals. The fifth novel in the Railway Detective series confronts Robert Colbeck with his most difficult assignment to date.

Those few do not feel like celebrating and carry out such petty crimes to stop the railway industry from blossoming. The Crystal Palace's construction materials, its cast iron framework and sheets of glass, were manufactured in Birmingham and Smethwick, so they were transported by rail through the Kilsby tunnel to London.When he involves his beloved, Madeleine Andrews, in the murder inquiry, Colbeck learns once again how valuable a contribution a woman can make. This is how history mysteries should be: fine storytelling, marvellous characters reminiscent of the great authors of the mid-Victorian period, and a sneaky mystery, too. Colbeck and Detective Sergeant Victor Leeming travel to Leighton Buzzard where they meet Inspector Rory McTurk of the railway police. The Railway Detective is the eponymous opening title in the series of detective mystery novels written by Keith Miles under the pseudonym Edward Marston. 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.

He is a workaholic whose outside the Detective Department are confined to religion and military history.With the Great Exhibition comes great adversities as criminal activities relating to the derailing and the looting of the mail trains comes to notice very often. Edward has also worked as a director and an actor for a short period and also owned a professional theater company.