Books
by Andrew Martin
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Murder at Deviation Junction |
This author was new to me. If you like the days of steam railways, this is the book. It involves Murder, Mystery and Steam with a Dickensian flavour. The year is December 1909 and a young police Detective is struggling to prove that he has the capabilities to become a Sergeant, and the solving of a strange murder makes his career hang in the balance and himself fighting for his life.
(Shirley Williams - bwl 48 November 2008) |
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The Baghdad Railway Club |
The author, who writes thrillers centered around trains, has produced an uncanny recreation of Middle Eastern life and politics in 1917 - a crucial year of WW I - evoking period, place and personalities with great sensitivity. The reader feels the stifling heat and the equally stifling bewilderment suffered by the protagonist. who doesn't quite know why he is in Baghdad and what he has to do. An unusual book, which takes patience to read, but most worth while.
(Kathie Somerwil Ayrton - bwl 66 Autumn 2012) |
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