Edward Marston
Author of The Railway Detective
About the Author
Marston also wrote under the pseudonym The Amateur Angler.
Disambiguation Notice:
aka Conrad Allen, Martin Inigo, Keith Miles, A.E. Marston
Image credit: Simon Whitfield
Series
Works by Edward Marston
Homicide in Chicago: From the bestselling author of the Railway Detective series (Merlin Richards 2) (2023) 9 copies
Murder at the Arizona Biltmore: From the bestselling author of the Railway Detective series (Merlin Richards Book 1) (2023) 9 copies
Wraak! 3 copies
Virus 2 copies
Overdose 2 copies
Marco Polo 1 copy
Suzie hat's gesehen 1 copy
Safe & Sound [Short Story] 1 copy
Skip 1 copy
The Madwoman of Usk 1 copy
Blind Eyes 1 copy
The End of the Line 1 copy
War Hath Made All Friends 1 copy
The End of an Era 1 copy
Bon Voyage 1 copy
Old Bag Dad 1 copy
A Gift From God 1 copy
Associated Works
Crime Through Time: Original Tales of Historical Mystery (1997) — Contributor — 130 copies, 2 reviews
The Mammoth Book of Locked-Room Mysteries and Impossible Crimes (2000) — Contributor — 120 copies, 1 review
Royal Whodunnits: Tales of Right Royal Murder and Mystery (1999) — Contributor — 71 copies, 1 review
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Miles, Keith
- Other names
- Inigo, Martin
Allen, Conrad
Marston, A. E.
Garland, David
Mountjoy, Christopher
Marston, Edward - Birthdate
- 1940
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Wales, UK
- Places of residence
- Wales, UK
Kent, England, UK - Education
- Oxford University (Modern History)
- Occupations
- novelist
- Relationships
- Cutler, Judith (wife)
- Organizations
- Crime Writers Association
- Short biography
- Keith Miles, aka Edward Marston and Martin Inigo, came from Wales to read Modern History at Oxford. He has been a university lecturer, radio, television, and theatre dramatist, and in addition to writing has worked as an actor, director, and dramatist. He is the author of two mystery series, one Elizabethan in background, the other revolving around the Domesday census of 1086 A.D., and has written mysteries with golf and sports backgrounds under his real name as well as Murder in Prespective, 1997. His Elizabethan novel, The Roaring Boy, was a 1996 Edgar Allan Poe Award nominee for Best Novel. The author is a well known host and raconteur at mystery events and is the 1997 Chairman of the Crime Writers Association. When not travelling or fulfilling speaking engagements, he lives in rural isolation in Kent.
- Disambiguation notice
- aka Conrad Allen, Martin Inigo, Keith Miles, A.E. Marston
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Reviews
The Railway Viaduct (Railway Detective, 3) by Edward Marston
This was an enjoyable read. Yes, some of the characters are a little stereotypical, but the background is interesting and the book captures the spirit of the times well. This won't tax you too much to read, but a fairly limited number of characters makes it possible to read for relaxation - not a bad thing...
Peril on the Royal Train (15/7/24-18/7/24)
This is the tenth book in the Railway Detective series set in the 1850s. After two or three strong entries in the series, I didn't enjoy this one quite as much. A goods train is derailed at a remote spot in Scotland by a pile of rocks on the line hidden round a bend. There is the usual list of potential suspects, including some sabbatarians determined to stop trains running on a Sunday and even, briefly, a shepherd upset at trains running over his lambs. The plot thickens though and about half way through it becomes apparent that this crash, appalling though it is, is a dress rehearsal by unknown suspects for an audacious attack on the train taking Queen Victoria and Prince Albert and their family for their summer holiday at Balmoral. As usual, the main characters simultaneously amuse and irritate with their perennial mannerisms and idiosyncrasies, but I have come to love Tallis and Leeming.… (more)
This is the tenth book in the Railway Detective series set in the 1850s. After two or three strong entries in the series, I didn't enjoy this one quite as much. A goods train is derailed at a remote spot in Scotland by a pile of rocks on the line hidden round a bend. There is the usual list of potential suspects, including some sabbatarians determined to stop trains running on a Sunday and even, briefly, a shepherd upset at trains running over his lambs. The plot thickens though and about half way through it becomes apparent that this crash, appalling though it is, is a dress rehearsal by unknown suspects for an audacious attack on the train taking Queen Victoria and Prince Albert and their family for their summer holiday at Balmoral. As usual, the main characters simultaneously amuse and irritate with their perennial mannerisms and idiosyncrasies, but I have come to love Tallis and Leeming.… (more)
This book was a little slow read at the beginning. Once I really got into it - I thourghly enjoyed it.
r intrepid commissioners reviewing the entries for the Domesday Book are joined by an extra commissioner as they head for York, still suffering the aftereffects of the Harrying of the North. Their new colleague is murdered in York but how and why?
Given the information presented about the general situation in York, it was fairly obvious what was going to happen, but it was more difficult to work out who was on what side and who was just out for themselves.
Given the information presented about the general situation in York, it was fairly obvious what was going to happen, but it was more difficult to work out who was on what side and who was just out for themselves.
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- Rating
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