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End of the Line
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ISBN13: 9798198857247
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 1 2026
Pages: 212
Weight: 0.58
Height: 0.53 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 1 2026
Pages: 212
Weight: 0.58
Height: 0.53 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In the winter of 1896, the new Midland Railway line through the Hope Valley is the pride of the North - fast, modern, and filled each morning with barristers, clerks, businessmen, and seasoned commuters travelling between Sheffield and Manchester beneath the smoke-black arches of Victorian industry. Then the deaths begin. A clerk collapses shortly after Totley Tunnel. A respected traveller dies in his compartment before reaching Sheffield Midland. Another passenger falls dead beside a whist game as the train rolls into the station. Each death is explained away:
heart seizure,
weak lungs,
natural causes. But regular commuter Edwin Sharp begins to notice patterns hidden inside the routines of the railway:
the same service,
the same enclosed compartments,
the same silence inside the tunnel beneath the hills. As fear spreads along the line, the old commuter clubs fracture. Passengers stop sharing drinks. Compartments empty. Newspapers begin calling the route The Hope Valley Deaths. Together with barrister Jonathan Hargreaves and railway detective Nathaniel Vale, Sharp uncovers a chilling possibility: someone is using the railway itself as a weapon. And somewhere among the familiar faces riding daily between Sheffield and Manchester travels a quiet passenger who has spent years waiting for revenge. Perfect for readers of Victorian murder mysteries, historical crime thrillers, railway mysteries, and atmospheric British detective fiction, this gripping historical thriller combines claustrophobic suspense, richly detailed 1890s railway life, and a slow-burning investigation where every compartment may contain a killer.
weak lungs,
natural causes. But regular commuter Edwin Sharp begins to notice patterns hidden inside the routines of the railway:
the same service,
the same enclosed compartments,
the same silence inside the tunnel beneath the hills. As fear spreads along the line, the old commuter clubs fracture. Passengers stop sharing drinks. Compartments empty. Newspapers begin calling the route The Hope Valley Deaths. Together with barrister Jonathan Hargreaves and railway detective Nathaniel Vale, Sharp uncovers a chilling possibility: someone is using the railway itself as a weapon. And somewhere among the familiar faces riding daily between Sheffield and Manchester travels a quiet passenger who has spent years waiting for revenge. Perfect for readers of Victorian murder mysteries, historical crime thrillers, railway mysteries, and atmospheric British detective fiction, this gripping historical thriller combines claustrophobic suspense, richly detailed 1890s railway life, and a slow-burning investigation where every compartment may contain a killer.
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