Tragedy on the Branch Line

London: Allison and Busby, 2021. A near Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price-clipped. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. 381 pages. When Berard Pomeroy finds a letter slipped under his door in the early hours, he flies into a panic. After dashing off a short note to his friend , he hands it to the porter at Corpus Christi College before hastening on to the railway station, boarding a train leaving Cambridge. However shortly after disembarking at his destination, the undergraduatelies dead on the platform.Inspector Colbeck and Sergeant Leeming are summoned by the Master of the college to investigate Pomeroy's untimely demise. With the Boat Race on the horizon, the president of the Cambridge Boat Club believe their Oxford rivals responsible for the death of their cox, who had been heralded in the press for his talent. Yet it seems Pomeroy had ruffled many feathers during his short time at the university. With academic disputes, sporting rivalry and clandestine romance in play, the Railway Detective will have to disentangle the many threads of Pomeroy's life in order to answer the truth about his death. L. First. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.