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Really good as usual. This whole series is absolute perfection. Our criminal couple here were also really interesting and quite dark and unrepentant! And it ended on a really sweet note, with Robert and Madeline. I almost thought she was going to call off the engagement!

rabspur's review against another edition

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5.0

Book eight of the Railway Detective this time Colbeck took a steam ship to apprehend, the suspects, as usual fast action page turner on wards for book nine.

jazzlioness's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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booktwitcher23's review

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3.0

A competent read with a bit of something for everyone - action and romance and a happy ending

mepitts's review

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adventurous emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

A pleasant read. Not especially challenging. Liked the rather “old-fashioned” setting and tone of the books and the respect for faith. The reader was great with cockney and Scottish accents but I found his upper-class accents a bit overstated and melodramatic. Recommended for light reading.

kathryn08's review

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4.0

Oh no!! When I first started listening to this, I missed Sam Dastor, who was the narrator for all the previous books. But Cornelius Garrett was also good - I actually liked his voice for Madeleine Andrews more than Sam Dastor’s, however he made Edward Tallis sound weaker and more petulant than I get the impression he is in the writing.

But narration aside, this was rather a departure from the other railway detective books. I don’t want to say why and ruin it for others yet to read it, but I was agog at the events that occurred when Tallis took a new recruit to a meeting instead of waiting for Robert Colbeck to return from the line of investigation he was pursuing.

There was some interesting character development which I also won’t say too much about, but I’m excited to see how the next book pans out!

stephend81d5's review

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4.0

lastest in the railway detective series starts with a convict escaping after the murder of 2 policemen in wolverhampton and the pursuit by inspector colbeck and his chase of this convict brings some of his past to the present also has hints a real life plot of the railway murder of mr briggs , well worth reading

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