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The Lost Luggage Porter: A Jim Stringer Mystery
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Mariner Books
Publication date
January 7, 2008
Pages
309
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780156030748
ISBN-10
0156030748
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.25 by 7.75 in.
Weight
0.65 lbs.
Original list price
$19.95
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Working as an official railway detective during the winter of 1906, Jim Stringer covers York Station for the North Eastern Railway Company and encounters the Lost Luggage Porter, who tips him off about a gang of railway thieves, a group that he is asked to infiltrate in order to stop a proposed robbery and getaway across the English Channel. Original.
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
From the author of The Necropolis Railway and The Blackpool Highflyer comes another ingenious thriller featuring Jim Stringer. It is winter 1906 and Jim has been promoted from sleuth to official railway detective for York station. His first day on the job, the mysterious Lost Luggage Porter, "a human directory to everything in York" tips him off to a group of railway thieves. Jim is instructed by his Inspector to infiltrate their gang and is drawn along into their plot to carry out a robbery and make their getaway across the Channel. Soon Jim finds himself swept off to Paris with the thieves, his plight made even worse when threats are made against his wife. Can Jim get to get to her before the villains do?
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UK Praise for THE LOST LUGGAGE PORTER:
"Page-turning, confidently writtenâ¦" â Guardian
"The atmosphere of neglected streetsâ¦dingy saloon bars, supper of boiled bacon and pickles, and dismal, unceasing rain are splendidly evoked." â Telegraph
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UK Praise for THE LOST LUGGAGE PORTER:
"Page-turning, confidently writtenâ¦" â Guardian
"The atmosphere of neglected streetsâ¦dingy saloon bars, supper of boiled bacon and pickles, and dismal, unceasing rain are splendidly evoked." â Telegraph
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Paperback
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Reprint edition from Mariner Books (January 7, 2008)
9780156030748 | details & prices | 309 pages | 5.25 × 7.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $19.95
About: Working as an official railway detective during the winter of 1906, Jim Stringer covers York Station for the North Eastern Railway Company and encounters the Lost Luggage Porter, who tips him off about a gang of railway thieves, a group that he is asked to infiltrate in order to stop a proposed robbery and getaway across the English Channel.
About: Working as an official railway detective during the winter of 1906, Jim Stringer covers York Station for the North Eastern Railway Company and encounters the Lost Luggage Porter, who tips him off about a gang of railway thieves, a group that he is asked to infiltrate in order to stop a proposed robbery and getaway across the English Channel.
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