Night train to Jamalpur
By: Andrew Martin
Edition: Large print edition.
Series: Jim Stringer mystery series -- 09
Publisher: ISIS Large Print; ISIS Large Print Books
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 378
ISBN-13: 9780753153864; 9780753153871
Subjects: Jim Stringer (Fictitious character); Fiction; Railroad police; History
Description: North East India, 1923. On the broiling Night Mail from Calcutta to Jamalpur, a man is shot dead in a first class compartment. Detective Inspector Jim Stringer was sleeping in the next compartment along. Was he the intended target? Jim should have known that his secondment to the East Indian Railway, with a roving brief to inspect security arrangements, would not be a working holiday. The country seethes with political and racial tension. Jim also has worries on the home front: his daughter has formed a connection with a Maharajah's son, who may in turn have a connection to Jim's incredibly rude colleague, the bristling Major Fisher. Jim must do everything he can to keep his family safe from harm, as he unravels the intrigues that surround him.
Notes: Standard print edition originally published: London : Faber and Faber, 2013.