Eat_Read_Knit reviewed Timetable of death by Edward Marston (The railway detective series)
Review of 'Timetable of death' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Colbeck and Leeming head off to Derbyshire to investigate the murder of a director of a railway company. The usual supporting characters from the series feature, and the family and colleagues of the victim form a good cast of plot-specific supporting characters - although a very high proportion of them are distinctly unpleasant folk.
The central plot is fairly strong, although I had some minor grumbles about some of the characters and subplots - things that inexplicably petered out or were left without proper resolution, such as Stanley's violent animosity to Lydia, and why (given that they are a red herring) the local police actually don't seem to want the case solved, and are so hugely hostile both to the detectives and to Conway. This is a solid mystery, and one of the better books in the series, although if you find the books in the series somewhat samey and …
Colbeck and Leeming head off to Derbyshire to investigate the murder of a director of a railway company. The usual supporting characters from the series feature, and the family and colleagues of the victim form a good cast of plot-specific supporting characters - although a very high proportion of them are distinctly unpleasant folk.
The central plot is fairly strong, although I had some minor grumbles about some of the characters and subplots - things that inexplicably petered out or were left without proper resolution, such as Stanley's violent animosity to Lydia, and why (given that they are a red herring) the local police actually don't seem to want the case solved, and are so hugely hostile both to the detectives and to Conway. This is a solid mystery, and one of the better books in the series, although if you find the books in the series somewhat samey and repetitive, then this is definitely more of the same.