Title: The iron horse
Description: Derby Day at Epsom Downs. 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.
Subjects: History, Police, Victor Leeming (Fictitious character), Horse racing, Corrupt practices, Railroad travel, Fiction
Places: Great Britain
People: Robert Colbeck (Fictitious character)
Time periods: 19th century