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1866: A lecherous man on a train is found murdered….
Murder in Transit
What you need to know before your trail
On a train bound for Portsmouth, an elegant woman shares a compartment with the lecherous Giles Blanchard. It is a lucky encounter for her, as she steps off the train after picking his pocket and in possession of scandalous material for a potential blackmail. It is a less fortuitous meeting for Blanchard, who will never reach his home on the Isle of Wight alive.
Detective Inspector Colbeck and Sergeant Leeming are swiftly dispatched to sift through the evidence. With Queen Victoria poised to spend the summer on the island, a speedy resolution to the case is imperative for their superiors. Tracing Blanchard’s killer is an endeavour freighted with difficulties, but will the fact that their inquiries lead them to the door of a royal residence be one complication too many?
Locations
Reset- England - Portsmouth
- A: Portsmouth Harbour railway station
- B: Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
- England- Isle of Wight
- C: Ryde station
- D: Isle of Wight Steam Railway
Travel Guide
Portsmouth
Portsmouth is a port city and noted for boats rather than trains. Portsmouth Historic Dockyard features in the novel and is a great place to visit. The dockyard is home to the interactive National Museum of the Royal Navy, the wooden warship HMS Victory, where Nelson died in the Battle of Trafalgar, and HMS Warrior 1860. The Tudor ship Mary Rose is also conserved in a dockyard museum
Isle of Wight
Most scenes are set in Ryde and not far from here is a real life steam train. You have to visit here given the trains in the novel. Read your book and take in the train smells and noises!
BookTrail Boarding Pass: Murder in Transit
Destination/location: Portsmouth, Isle of Wight Author/guide: Edward Marston Departure Time: 1866
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