Disaster strikes at the Sapperton Tunnel in Gloucestershire when a goods train collides with an unusual blockage on the line: seven sheep penned onto the tracks. Specially requested to investigate the carnage, Inspector Colbeck and Sergeant Leeming are confronted with a bizarre case unlike anything they've encountered before. Stephen Rydall, board member of the Great Western Railway that manages the route, is convinced this tragedy is a personal attack on him and fears for the safety of his shepherd, missing since the incident. Rydall has many enemies but, as Colbeck will soon discover, the man also has a closely guarded secret of his own...
| ISBN: | 9780749026813 |
| Publication date: | 17th June 2021 |
| Author: | Edward Marston |
| Publisher: | Allison & Busby Limited an imprint of Allison & Busby |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 350 pages |
| Series: | The Railway Detective Series |
| Genres: |
Historical crime and mysteries |