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It's nice to know that you are going to enjoy a book even before you start reading it. All of the Railway Detective books that I have previously read were good and there should be no reason why this one would be any different. I wasn't disappointed. A womaniser had been murdered and Inspector Colbeck was called in to solve the case. I had no idea who the guilty person was until it was revealed and with an unexpected motive it was a pleasant read.

'Sherborne was a pleasant town, nestling around a magnificent abbey..........yet Leeming hardly took any notice of it' I've Just started chapter 7 of this book and Leeming's investigations have taken him to Sherborne, which is where I was a couple of weeks ago. The photo is of Sherborne Abbey's Organ.

I have long been a fan of this series, but was a little disappointed by books 11 and 12 in this series, however with this one I felt they returned to form. I was keen to read on and found it difficult to put down, even if I thought I had worked out who did it earlier in the book. A very good read overall and added to by things happening at home for Colbeck and his wife.

‘There‘s nothing to touch the pleasure of reading a good novel'.

Heading back to 1860's England, in one of my favourite historical mysteries series : The Railway Detective. For anyone who has not come across this series Robert Colbeck is The Railway Detective. He works at Scotland Yard but is called to solve murders related or connected to the railways, in what is the early days of the railways. He is a bit of a dandy but is a great character and a renowned detective. This is #13 in the series and the latest.