THRILLING STORIES OF THE RAILWAY

Thorpe Hazell the first ''Railway detective''… and other storiesA must-read for railfans these stories integrally feature the railways (way before modern trains and computers) that will draw one to the magical world of locomotives signals changing points – but all the while with crime happening around them. In ''The Affair of the German Dispatch-Box'' Hazell has to come up with a daring plan to retrieve a secret government document before it reaches the German Ambassador. In ''Sir Gilbert Murrell''s Picture'' an entire wagon with valuable paintings disappears from a goods train and Hazell has to solve the crime. In ''The Affair of the Corridor Express'' a multimillionaire''s son is kidnapped from a moving train. In ''The Stolen Necklace'' a diamond necklace is stolen and must be found. In ''The Affair of the Birmingham Bank'' Hazell must guard gold reserves on a train against train robbery. The first ''specialty detective''. –Ellery Queen on Thorpe Hazell