The Body on the Train
Book 11 in the Kate Shackleton mysteries
$25.91
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
17 October 2019
Summary
“Frances Brody has made it to the top rank of crime writers” - Daily Mail
“Brody’s writing is like her central character Kate Shackleton: witty, acerbic and very, very perceptive” - Ann Cleeves
1929, London.
In the darkness before dawn, a London railway porter discovers a man’s body as he unloads a special goods train from Yorkshire, all means of identification stripped away. Hitting a dead end, Scotland Yard …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349423067 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0349423067 |
| Author: | Frances Brody |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Piatkus Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 17 October 2019 |
| Weight: | 260g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 126mm x 30mm |
| Series: | Kate Shackleton Mysteries |
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Frances Brody has made it to the top rank of crime writers - Daily Mail
The series is right up there with Miss Marple - Sunday SportDelightful - People’s FriendBrody’s excellent mystery splendidly captures the conflicts and attitudes of the time with well-developed characters - RT Book ReviewsBrody’s writing is like her central character Kate Shackleton: witty, acerbic and very, very perceptive - Ann Cleeves, award-winning author of the Vera Stanhope mysteriesFrances Brody has a remarkable talent for evoking time and place. With a realistic setting, her characters spring to life. This is crime writing of a high order - Daily MailAbout The Author
Frances Brody
Frances Brody is the author of twelve Kate Shackleton mysteries and three historical novels. Frances began her writing career in radio and has also written for theatre and television. Her novel Sisters on Bread Street won the HarperCollins Elizabeth Elgin Award. A Woman Unknown was shortlisted for the Mary Higgins Clark Award. Her stage plays have been toured by several theatre companies and produced at Manchester Library Theatre, the Gate and Nottingham Playhouse. Jehad was nominated for a Time Out Award.
Frances lived in New York for a time before studying at Ruskin College, Oxford, and reading English Literature and History at York University.
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