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''A great deal of well-researched railway detail [and] killer lines, without which no Andrew Martin novel is complete'' Irish Times

On a chilly December evening in 1925, while walking to meet his wife at York railway station, detective inspector Jim Stringer finds himself face to face with a man pointing a revolver straight at him.

In a flash Jim''s thoughts go spinning back to a hot day at the end of August, when he attended a Wild West sideshow at the York Summer Gala with his boss, Superintendent Saul Weatherill, aka ''the Chief''. He remembers the moody young sharpshooter who led the show, his strange Arizonian yet English accent, and above all, his deadeye skills...

Andrew Martin''s much-loved railway policeman Jim Stringer returns in his most dangerous investigation yet.



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A gripping, highly atmospheric story . . . a real page turner * North Star *

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      Publisher Corsair
      Published 5 May 2022
      ISBN-13 9781472154842
      978-1472154842
      ISBN-10 1472154843

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''A great deal of well-researched railway detail [and] killer lines, without which no Andrew Martin novel is complete'' Irish Times

      On a chilly December evening in 1925, while walking to meet his wife at York railway station, detective inspector Jim Stringer finds himself face to face with a man pointing a revolver straight at him.

      In a flash Jim''s thoughts go spinning back to a hot day at the end of August, when he attended a Wild West sideshow at the York Summer Gala with his boss, Superintendent Saul Weatherill, aka ''the Chief''. He remembers the moody young sharpshooter who led the show, his strange Arizonian yet English accent, and above all, his deadeye skills...

      Andrew Martin''s much-loved railway policeman Jim Stringer returns in his most dangerous investigation yet.



      Trade Review
      A gripping, highly atmospheric story . . . a real page turner * North Star *

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