The Blackpool Highflyer

Fiction & Literature, Crime, Mystery & Suspense
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Author: Andrew Martin ISBN: 9780571252237
Publisher: Faber & Faber Publication: April 2, 2009
Imprint: Faber & Faber Language: English
Author: Andrew Martin
ISBN: 9780571252237
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Publication: April 2, 2009
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Language: English

'A steamy whodunnit . . . This may well be the best fiction about the railways since Dickens.' Independent on Sunday

'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, Evening Standard (Books of the Year)

A superbly atmospheric thriller of sabotage, suspicion and steam, The Blackpool Highflyer 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 meets a huge millstone on the line . . .

'A clear winner in literary crime writing . . . Dazzling attention to detail and quality writing from one of our best contemporary male novelists.' Daily Express

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'A steamy whodunnit . . . This may well be the best fiction about the railways since Dickens.' Independent on Sunday

'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, Evening Standard (Books of the Year)

A superbly atmospheric thriller of sabotage, suspicion and steam, The Blackpool Highflyer 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 meets a huge millstone on the line . . .

'A clear winner in literary crime writing . . . Dazzling attention to detail and quality writing from one of our best contemporary male novelists.' Daily Express

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