The iron horse
By: Edward Marston
Edition: EasyRead large edition.
Series: Inspector Robert Colbeck series -- 4; Read how you want 16; Read how you want 16
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Strawberry Hills, NSW]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 409
ISBN-13: 9781458769077
Copyright date: 2007
Subjects: Fiction; Victor Leeming (Fictitious character); Police; History; Railroad travel; Horse racing; Corrupt practices; Large type books
Description: Derby Day at Epsom Downs. A multitude of people crowd to watch the races: dukes and dustmen, bishops and beggars, privileged ladies and prostitutes. The gamut of Victorian society and a hotbed for crime and crooks of all kinds. With the nation a-flutter in the run up to this national event, a disembodied head is discovered on a passenger train at Crewe; the first in a murky course of events that takes in murder, fraud and race-fixing. Detective Inspector Robert Colbeck and his assistant are assigned to the case and are soon snarled up in a web of skulduggery stretching across the country. They are forced to ask themselves, just how much is someone prepared to hazard to win?
Notes: Large print.