A period crime novel set in 1851 in which murder, blackmail and destruction mar the grand opening of the Great Expedition, an engineering triumph of the Railway Golden Age.

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.