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Slaughter in the Sapperton Tunnel: The bestselling Victorian mystery series

✍ Scribed by Edward Marston

Book ID
110764165
Publisher
Allison & Busby
Year
2020
Tongue
English
Weight
160 KB
Series
Railway Detective
Category
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780749026769
ASIN
B08514G5QP

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✦ Synopsis

'A master storyteller' Daily Mail

A goods train speeds through the Sapperton Tunnel, but disaster strikes before it can reach the other side as it collides with an unusual blockage on the tracks: seven sheep penned in place. Specially requested to investigate the carnage in Gloucestershire, Inspector Colbeck and Sergeant Leeming are confronted with a bizarre case unlike anything they've encountered before.

Stephen Rydall, board member of the Great Western Railway that manages the route, is convinced this tragedy is a personal attack on him and fears for the safety of his shepherd, missing since the incident. Rydall has many enemies: a churlish squire, a scheming principal and a local ruffian who always manages to evade the law. But, as Colbeck will soon discover, the man also has a closely guarded secret of his own...

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