02157cam a2200373 i 4500 2239028444 TxAuBib 20250515120000.0 240917s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780749031244 hbk. 0749031247 hbk. (OCoLC)1470910263 TxAuBib rda Marston, Edward, author. Mystery at the Station Hotel / Edward Marston. First edition. London : Allison & Busby Limited, 2025. 317 pages ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Railway detective series ; 23 Shrewsbury, 1866. Julian Lockyer is an imposing gentleman in his late fifties. Having reserved a room for the night at the Station Hotel, he asks to be called early in the morning because he has a train to catch. Repeated attempts are made to wake him but there is no response. After forcing the door, the horrified hotel staff discover the bloodied corpse but with the knife still in his hand - could he have killed himself in such a brutal manner? The Railway Detective is summoned by his boss Tallis to journey to Shrewsbury and investigate. If it is a simple case of suicide, Colbeck believes that he may be back home that same evening and no need to trouble his sergeant. But when he reaches Shrewsbury, one mystery is solved. The stationmaster tells Colbeck that the dead man is a director of the Great Western Railway company and he was due to takeover as Chairman. 20250515. Colbeck, Robert (Fictitious character) Fiction. Leeming, Victor (Fictitious character) Fiction. Police Great Britain History 19th century Fiction. Railroad travel Great Britain History 19th century Fiction. Detective and mystery stories. Detective and mystery fiction. Historical fiction. Railway detective series ; 23. BTCLS