num_pages: 88
description: ***Visit edwintipple.com to get some selected books for FREE *** ONE TRAGEDY … FOR THE MOMENT When DI Crosier’s office rang him at 5am on his day off, he instinctively knew he would not be spending the rest of Sunday with Sergeant Claire Cardin in her bed, as they’d both hoped. It was more likely they’d be investigating yet another tragedy. What the officers couldn’t foresee, once they’d reached the crime scene, was that eleven-year-old Jack – now made homeless through his deranged mother’s despair and suicide – would be exposed to abuse from an assumed pillar of society. Could finding where the boy’s father was living save poor Jack? But that wasn’t Crosier’s only he felt sure the letter from his wife, lurking unopened in his pocket now for days, would not make easy reading. Questions to the Author Why did you write this novel? I’ve always been interested in why rail accidents occur and investigating them can make a good story, especially when based on a real event, as in my first novel Harrowing. Is a lot of research needed? A moderate amount is needed, particularly when real events are used as in part 2 of Poor Jack. Why are your railway detective books set in the 1960s? There are two reasons. First, there is an excellent series of railway detective novels by Edward Marston set in the 19th century, the century in which the railway police was formed and from which all police forces grew. The second reason is that I grew up near the railway in the days of steam, so I write about what I know. Will there be more railway detective books from you? Yes. Checkout edwintipple.com for more updates. Categories for Poor Jack ***Visit edwintipple.com to get some selected books for FREE ***
language: English
title: POOR JACK Part 1 of a DI Crosier Mystery: Calling at Despair, Suicide & Burial