Title: Inspector Colbeck's casebook
Description: Thirteen specially commissioned short stories from the master of historical crime fiction Edward Marston, following his quick witted protagonist Inspector Colbeck. A young porter is found dead in a coal tub; Colbeck devises a trap to catch a thief; and a burnt train carriage holds a gruesome secret in a small coastal village. As Colback and his trusty aide Sergeant Victor Leeming begin to piece together clues and motives for each crime, it becomes clear the pair must stay a step ahead of the culprits to solve the cases. With a new suspect at every turn, can the duo unearth the real villains?
Subjects: Victor Leeming (Fictitious character), Fiction, Police, Railroad travel, History, Fiction, mystery & detective, short stories, Fiction, crime, Great britain, fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural, Crime, fiction
Places: Great Britain
People: Robert Colbeck (Fictitious character)
Time periods: 19th century, Victoria, 1837-1901