A review by helenephoebe
Railway to the Grave by Edward Marston

4.0

Review - This is the first of this series that I have listened to on audiobook, and I thought that the narrator was very good; it gave Colbeck a voice which was actually virtually as I imagined it. We saw more of Superintendent Tallis in this one, and a more human side to him than that seen in previous books, as he had a personal connection to it. Colbeck and Madeline's relationship was still very much in evidence, but Colbeck spent much of the book debating how to tell Tallis, whose views on marriage were not positive. The relationships between the characters hold these books together, and the murders and the development of the railways were almost sub-plots. Another great mystery from Edward Marston.

Genre? - Historical / Mystery

Characters? - Inspector Robert Colbeck / Sergeant Victor Leeming / Madeline Andrews / Caleb Andrews / Superintendent Tallis / Agnes Reader / Colonel Aubrey Tarleton / Lottie Pearl / Mrs Withers / Bertram Reader / Miriam Tarleton / Adam Tarleton / Lorna Begg / Eve Dole

Setting? - London & South Otterington (England)

Series? - Railway Detective #7

Recommend? – Yes

Rating - 17/20