It is 1852 and a man has been hurled from a train crossing the Sankey
Viaduct. Detective Inspector Robert Colbeck and Sergeant Victor Leeming
have been sent from Scotland Yard to Liverpool to investigate.
An
artist, Ambrose Hooper, was painting the scene at the time of the
incident. He shows Colbeck his painting. Colbeck also discovers from
the victim's jacket that he came from France. It is some time later
when a woman comes to Colbeck at Scotland Yard to suggest a name for the
victim. Colbeck feels that she is leaving something out, so he asks
his girlfriend, Madeleine Andrews, to help him. What she finds out
results in Colbeck and Leeming going to France to continue the
investigation.
While there, Leeming goes undercover to work on
the railway an English entrepreneur is building. Meantime Colbeck
discovers that the victim had been married and had been involved in a
number of affairs. Is a jealous husband at the heart of the matter?
Damage
to a French railway by Irish navvies helps Colbeck discover who the
murderer is and who was behind the scheme. Author Edward Marston has
written an intriguing historical murder mystery. A good, quick read.
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