INSPECTOR VIGNOLES
MYSTERY SERIES
The Murder of Crows is a crime mystery set in the 1940s and is the second in the series. It is based along the now-closed Great Central Railway line,
in the days of the London & North Eastern Railway ownership. Much of the action centres around Woodford Halse, Charwelton and Leicester Central. Lots of steam locomotives, human interest and action!
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THE INSPECTOR VIGNOLES SERIES
The first book Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
The second book The Murder of Crows
The third book The Torn Curtain
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As the Big Freeze of 1947 grips the land, the railways
struggle in their battle against the snow and refugees
from the recent war in Europe, freezing in the
Displaced Person’s Camp at Finmere, are forced to
resort to desperate measures to stay warm.
The snow lies deep as a murder of crows sits and
waits upon a telegraph wire along the edge of a
lonely railway cutting. A steam engine storms out of
Catesby tunnel and a young woman is thrown from
the passing train. A killer is stalking the line…
REVIEWS
Set against the backdrop of a dark and austere postwar
Britain, Inspector Vignoles and Sergeant Trinder
of the LNER detective department are soon involved
in their most deadly investigation to date.
This is Stephen Done's second Inspector Vignoles
mystery. His debut novel Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
was acclaimed as:
“An intriguing mystery, warm-hearted and
evocative of the time in which it is set.”
“A very well plotted detective story with
some excellent characters and some
wonderfully nostalgic steam railway stuff”.
“A page turner! An atmospheric and
gripping story in which the characters are
painted very vividly.”
“An absolutely riveting story that has all
the elements of a cracking yarn.”
Oxford Mail 26 March 2009