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The Iron Horse
- The Railway Detective, Book 4
- Narrated by: Sam Dastor
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
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Summary
The gamut of Victorian society, though, is also a hotbed for crime and crooks of all kinds. With the country a-flutter in the run-up to this national occasion, events reach fever pitch when 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 Robert Colbeck and his assistant are assigned to the case and are soon snarled up in a web of skulduggery stretching across the country. Soon, however, they are forced to ask themselves: just what is someone prepared to do in order to win?
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- Christopher James Trapp
- 26-07-22
Great Fun!
An enjoyable yarn with compelling characters and a nice twist at the end, good fun.
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- sorcha
- 28-11-22
Old fashioned enjoyable crime novel
I enjoyed this story. My only criticism is the narration of the female characters. They all sounded half witted.
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- Judith
- 01-09-11
Thoroughly Enjoyable
Having only recently discovered Edward Marston's work, I was delighted to find a few of his books on Audible. This evocative story is wonderfully portrayed by Sam Dastor. It is like listening to a radio play with many actors. Sam has truly brought all of the varied characters to life. More please.
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- 01-06-16
enjoyable,easy listening mystery
I love the gentle story line and setting. Imaginative and interesting, my only criticism really is that the narrator gives every female voice a rather irritating, simpering character which is inappropriate.
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- M
- 20-02-19
excellent once again
always a nice listen to these pleasant stories. on to the next one .. can't wait
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- Epode
- 14-09-12
Looking forward to more
I have only recently discovered Marston and I'm already hooked on two of his series.
The Iron Horse is a Holmes and Watson style detective story complete with period sterotypes, but still thoroughly enjoyable.
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- Demeter
- 03-01-11
Very very poor
In fairness while I was not impressed by the book, I was really never able to get past the appallingly bad reading. The reader enunciates every word clearly and is well spoken. So every working class Victorian character speaks with a very carefully delivered 'produced' voice. The dialogue as written is totally unrealistic, with characters using language in a way that I seriously doubt they would have understood let alone used. I found that the effect of the whole thing was to put my teeth on edge.
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
- Linden
- 25-07-11
kept me unintentionally amused!
I did listen to this book to the end, although 'who dun it' was pretty obvious at least three quarters of the way through. it was well read, but the characters were very stereotyped and cut-out cardboard. it did paint a fascinating picture of class distinctions, snobbery and privilege. i was somewhat bemused and amazed by the sympathy expressed for a truly nasty character.
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