The Stationmaster's Farewell

1857. Joel Heygate is the popular stationmaster at Exeter St David's railway station. So when the charred remains of a body are discovered in the embers of the town's annual Bonfire Night celebration, everyone is horrified when it becomes clear that they belong to Mr. Heygate. Inspector Robert Colbeck and his assistant Victor Leeming are dispatched to Exeter with all due haste, and quickly unearth a number of suspects. But as Colbeck closes in on the killer, he finds himself in mortal danger. Can justice prevail or will his beloved Madeleine be robbed of a husband on the very eve of their marriage?"Told with great colour and panache ... a wonderful sense of inhabiting the period." - Sherlock Magazine