Inspector Colbeck's Casebook

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'Thefts of this kind are highly unusual. I'm sure the clerk never believed he was in any danger.' 'Well, he was. You're after a cunning devil, Inspector – smoke him out.'An eagerly awaited collection of brand new, specially commissioned short stories from the master of historical crime fiction Edward Marston, featuring his quick-witted Railway Detective, Inspector Robert Colbeck.In this thrilling selection of stories, a young porter is found dead in a coal tub; Colbeck devises a trap to catch a thief; and a burnt train carriage holds a gruesome secret in a small coastal village. As Colbeck and his trusty aide Sergeant Victor Leeming begin to piece together clues and motives for each crime, it becomes clear the pair must stay a step ahead of the culprits to solve the cases. With a new suspect at every turn, can the duo unearth the real villains?Including 'The End of the Line' and 'The Barber of Ravenglass', jealousy, vengeance and duplicity all...