β Scribed by Andrew Martin
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<div><p>'A steamy whodunnit . . . This may well be the best fiction about the railways since Dickens.' <i>Independent on Sunday</i></p><p><i></i></p><p><i></i>'Genuinely gripping . . . The sort of thing D. H. Lawrence might have written had he been less verbose or been blessed with a sense of humour.' Peter Parker, <i>Evening Standard</i> (Books of the Year)</p><p><b><i></i></b></p><p><b><i></i>A superbly atmospheric thriller of sabotage, suspicion and steam, <i>The Blackpool Highflyer</i> brings a new twist to tales of Edwardian England and amateur sleuthing. Assigned to drive holidaymakers to the seaside resort of Blackpool in the hot summer of 1905, Jim Stringer is happy to have left behind the grime and danger of life in London. But his dreams of beer and pretty women are soon shattered - when his high-speed train...
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SUMMARY: It is the summer of 1905 and Jim Stringer is copiloting a special train filled with overheated excursionists headed to Blackpool, the seaside resort on the English coast. At the moment when the train picks up speed, a huge rock comes into view farther down the tracks; it lies directly in
It is the summer of 1905 and Jim Stringer is copiloting a special train filled with overheated excursionists headed to Blackpool, the seaside resort on the English coast. At the moment when the train picks up speed, a huge rock comes into view farther down the tracks; it lies directly in their path.
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