Now in paperback, this is the 12th book in the crime series set in the 19th century, following Inspector Colbeck and Sergeant Leeming. The corpse of a senior director of the Midland Railway is found in a freshly dug grave.

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.