Now in paperback, this is the 11th book in the series following Inspector Colbeck and Sergeant Leeming in Victorian England. Classically told, with a historical background and a railway focus, it features the disappearance on a train of young Imogen Burnhope and her maid Rhoda.

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.