Guy Fawkes Night, 1857. Joel Heygate is the popular stationmaster at Exeter St David's railway station β an impressive figure of a man replete with frock coat and top hat, bushy eyebrows and walrus moustache. But when the charred remains of a body are discovered in the embers of the town's annual Bo
The Stationmaster's Daughter
β Scribed by Kathleen McGurl
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers;HQ Digital
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 198 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0008243905
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β¦ Synopsis
As the last train leaves, will life ever be the same? Dorset 1935Stationmaster Ted has never cared much for romance. Occupied with ensuring England's most beautiful railway runs on time, love has always felt like a comparatively trivial matter. Yet when he meets Annie Galbraith on the 8.42 train to Lynford, he can't help but instantly fall for her.Β But soon the railway is forced to close and a terrible accident occurs within the station grounds, Ted finds his job and any hope of a relationship with Annie hanging in the balance...Β Present dayRecovering from heartbreak after a disastrous marriage, Tilly decides to escape from the bustling capital and move to Dorset to stay with her dad, Ken. When Ken convinces Tilly to help with the restoration of the old railway, she discovers a diary hidden in the old ticket office. Tilly is soon swept up in Ted's story, and the fateful accident that changed his life forever.Β But an encounter with an enigmatic stranger takes Tilly by surprise, and...
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