From the author of The Necropolis Railway and The Blackpool Highflyer comes another ingenious thriller featuring Jim Stringer. It is winter 1906 and Jim has been promoted from sleuth to official railway detective for York station. His first day on the job, the mysterious Lost Luggage Porter, "a human directory to everything in York," tips him off to a group of railway thieves. Jim is instructed by his Inspector to infiltrate their gang and is drawn along into their plot to carry out a robbery and make their getaway across the Channel. Soon Jim finds himself swept off to Paris with the thieves, his plight made even worse when threats are made against his wife. Can Jim get to get to her before the villains do?

"Page-turning, confidently written..." - Guardian

"The atmosphere of neglected streets...dingy saloon bars, supper of boiled bacon and pickles, and dismal, unceasing rain are splendidly evoked." - Telegraph

Author: Andrew Martin
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Published: 01/07/2008
Series: Jim Stringer Mysteries
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.59lbs
Size: 7.96h x 5.52w x 0.81d
ISBN: 9780156030748


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 10/22/2007 pg. 38
Kirkus Reviews 11/15/2007 pg. 1180
New York Times Book Review 01/13/2008 pg. 24
New York Times Book Review 12/07/2008 pg. 62

About the Author
Martin, Andrew: - ANDREW MARTIN was a Spectator (London) Young Writer of the Year and has written for the Guardian, the Daily Telegraph, and Granta . He has a weekly column in the New Statesman . He lives in London.