The iron horse

By Edward Marston

Subjects: Police, Horse racing, Corrupt practices, Victor Leeming (Fictitious character), Fiction, History, Railroad travel

Description: Derby Day at Epsom Downs. With the nation a-flutter in the run up to this national event, a disembodied head is discovered on a passenger train at Crewe; the first in a murky course of events that takes in murder, fraud and race-fixing. Detective Inspector Robert Colbeck and his assistant are assigned to the case.