10th novel in the bestselling Railway Detective series. Inspector Robert Colbeck and Sergeant Victor Leeming must contend with an old enemy to investigate a fatal crash on the Caledonian Railway in 1858. 'The past is brought to life with brilliant colours, combined with a perfect whodunit' "The Guardian".

Edward Marston has written over a hundred books across many series. They range from the era of the Domesday Book to the Home Front during WWI, via Elizabethan theatre and the Regency period. He is best known for the hugely successful Railway Detective series set during Queen Victoria's reign.