The Somme Stations
Author(s): Andrew Martin
SECONDHAND BOOKS | Crime Fiction
On the first day of the Somme enlisted railwayman Jim Stringer lies trapped in a shell hole. He calculates his chances of survival - even before they departed for France, a member of Jim's unit had been found dead. During the stand-off that follows, Jim and his comrades must operate by night the vitally important trains. A stunning historical novel of crime in the trenches.
2012. A near fine copy.
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A stunning historical novel of crime in the trenches
Winner of CWA Ellis Peters Historical Award 2011.
Andrew Martin is a journalist and novelist. The Somme Stations is the seventh book in his much-loved 'Jim Stringer' series which began with The Necropolis Railway in 2002. The third and fourth books in the series, Murder at Deviation Junction and Death on a Branch Line, were shortlisted for the Ellis Peters Historical Crime Award and, in 2008, Andrew Martin was shortlisted for the CWA Dagger in the Library Award.
General Fields
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- : Faber and Faber
- : Faber and Faber Crime
- : 0.245
- : 30 November 2012
- : 198mm X 126mm X 19mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 March 2012
- : books
Special Fields
- : 304
- : 823.92
- : Paperback
- : Andrew Martin