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Forced to live by his wits and to arrive at his own deductions--assisted by his landlady, for whom he falls-- he tries to figure out what is going on before he is issued a one-way ticket on the Necropolis Railway.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49540015816977,"sku":"GOR010423404","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49665785266449,"sku":"GOR009756459","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49743729983761,"sku":"CIN0156030683G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50312348631313,"sku":"CIN0156030683VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":50999563419921,"sku":"NIN9780156030687","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":53047497589009,"sku":"CIN0156030683A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0156030683.jpg?v=1751428487"},{"product_id":"blackpool-highflyer-book-andrew-martin-9780156030694","title":"The Blackpool Highflyer","description":"It is the summer of 1905 and Jim Stringer is copiloting a special train filled with overheated excursionists headed to Blackpool, the seaside resort on the English coast. At the moment when the train picks up speed, a huge rock comes into view farther down the tracks; it lies directly in their path. Full stop of the engine; full steam ahead with the mystery.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e As he did in The Necropolis Railway, Stringer doffs his railway hat and dons his detective's derby, assisted once more by \"the wife\" and her brilliant detecting skills. Capturing the world of railway stations and locomotives during the Edwardian Age, The Blackpool Highflyer carries readers to a place where dark shadows lurk behind innocence and the solution to the mystery waits at the end of the line.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50063628599569,"sku":"CIN0156030691G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50345934618897,"sku":"CIN0156030691VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":50999579148561,"sku":"NIN9780156030694","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0156030691.jpg?v=1751227680"},{"product_id":"lost-luggage-porter-book-andrew-martin-9780156030748","title":"The Lost Luggage Porter","description":"Page-turning, confidently written. \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eGuardian \u003c\/i\u003e(London)\u003ci\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eThe atmosphere of neglected streets . . . dingy saloon bars, supper of boiled bacon and pickles, and dismal, unceasing rain are splendidly evoked. \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTelegraph \u003c\/i\u003e(London)\u003cbr\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Necropolis Railway\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Blackpool Highflyer\u003c\/i\u003e comes another ingenious railway thriller featuring Jim Stringer. It is the winter of 1906, and Jim Stringer has been promoted from amateur sleuth to official railway detective for York station. When the station s mysterious lost luggage porter tips him off to a group of railway thieves, Jim is instructed to infiltrate the thieves gang and unwittingly enters the orbit of a dangerous, deranged villain. His plight is made even worse when threats are made against his pregnant wife. Can Jim get to get to her before the criminals do? \u003cbr\u003ePraise for Andrew Martin\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eAndrew Martin succeeds brilliantly at re-creating a railwayman's lot. --\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSeattle Times \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eMartin does a stunning job of bring to life the era when steam locomotives chugged from London through the British countryside. \u003ci\u003eBooklist \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eANDREW MARTIN\u003c\/b\u003e was a \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e (London) Young Writer of the Year. He lives in London. 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