The Blackpool Highflyer: A Jim Stringer Mystery

It is the summer of 1905 and Jim Stringer is copiloting a special train filled with overheated excursionists headed to Blackpool, the seaside resort on the English coast. At the moment when the train picks up speed, a huge rock comes into view farther down the tracks; it lies directly in their path. Full stop of the engine; full steam ahead with the mystery.

As he did in The Necropolis Railway, Stringer doffs his railway hat and dons his detective's derby, assisted once more by the wife and her brilliant detecting skills. Capturing the world of railway stations and locomotives during the Edwardian Age, The Blackpool Highflyer carries readers to a place where dark shadows lurk behind innocence and the solution to the mystery waits at the end of the line.

Author: Andrew Martin
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Published: 07/02/2007
Pages: 360
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 7.92h x 6.64w x 0.85d
ISBN: 9780156030694

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 05/28/2007 pg. 40
Kirkus Reviews 06/01/2007 pg. 534
Booklist 09/01/2007 pg. 58
Publishers Weekly 07/19/2007

About the Author
Martin, Andrew: - ANDREW MARTIN was a Spectator (London) Young Writer of the Year and has written for the Guardian, the Daily Telegraph, and Granta . He has a weekly column in the New Statesman . He lives in London.