nicrtay 's review for:

The Iron Horse by Edward Marston
5.0

There's something so oddly ridiculous about murder mysteries set before accessible refrigeration and photography. Rather than storing it in a freezer in some lab and carrying around a photograph, the police are justing carrying around a dismembered head in a box under their arm for reference. I love it. Give me more.

The was my second Inspector Colbeck novel and I loved it as much as the first. There's something so adorable about Colbeck's gentle and empathic demeanor when it calls for it. His tenderness to the porter at the beginning and Kitty at the end I think sets him apart from similar characters in other series and keeps him from feeling like an overused archetype.

I'm thrilled to continue this series.