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Beware of the Trains

Published on .
Collins Crime Club, 256 pages.
ISBN: 9780008530600


Regular price £9.99 GBP

A collection of 16 short stories from Edmund Crispin featuring his beloved amateur detective, Gervase Fen.

Who burglarised the train heading for Victoria Station, and whatever became of its conductor?
Did the village idiot or Mrs Foley murder the mean-spirited Edgar Foley, or could the constable be responsible for the devious deed?
Who on Earth will be able to untangle the affair of the disappearing car, the black necktie, and the abortive theft?

Enter Gervase Fen, Oxford professor and sometime super-sleuth, an expert at solving cases that baffle even the most astute policemen.

Beware of the Trains was originally published in 1953


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