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Thrilling Stories of the Railway
- Author
- Victor L. Whitechurch
- Narrator
- Graham Scott
- Publisher
- Graham Scott
- Publish Date
- 9 December 2025
- Run Time
- 7 hours 11 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Fifteen golden age railway-themed stories of mystery and adventure, many featuring Thorpe Hazell—bibliophile, food and exercise crank, and railway expert—one of the first “specialty detectives” in mystery fiction. Including tales of smuggled cigars and stolen diamonds; a vital document in a German dispatch box; a child disappeared from a train; a runaway engine; and some clever signaling tricks, not all of them of the railway variety …
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Details
- Author
- Victor L. Whitechurch
- Narrator
- Graham Scott
- Duration
- 7 hours 11 minutes
- Release Date
- 9 December 2025
- ISBN
- 9798228755475
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Graham Scott
- Genre
- Historical crime and mysteries, Crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Short stories
Synopsis
Fifteen golden age railway-themed stories of mystery and adventure, many featuring Thorpe Hazell—bibliophile, food and exercise crank, and railway expert—one of the first “specialty detectives” in mystery fiction. Including tales of smuggled cigars and stolen diamonds; a vital document in a German dispatch box; a child disappeared from a train; a runaway engine; and some clever signaling tricks, not all of them of the railway variety …
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