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A Killer Between the Lines
1880s, Sussex
Sarah Dalby goes missing from her own garden on the night she is celebrating the defeat of the Oldwell and Mayton Railway Company.
Harry Maines had just proposed and been vehemently rejected, and now he finds himself the last person to have seen his love alive.
The Railway Company stand to gain with Miss Dalby gone, and now it seems that her siblings’ lives may also be in danger…
Inspector Fred Gooch is being threatened with an early retirement, as London’s police force moves with the times.
The Sussex case is his last chance to prove that he still has what it takes.
With his comic sidekick, George Grossmith, in tow, Gooch tries to get to the bottom of the Dalby disappearance before it becomes a homicide.
Will he find Sarah Dalby’s abductor before it’s too late?
What does the Railway Company have to do with the disappearance?
And who else will vanish before the case is solved?
‘A Killer Between the Lines’ is a gripping detective story with layer upon layer of mystery.
Stephen Wade has a special interest in writing both crime fiction and true crime. A Killer Between the Lines is his first detective mystery. Gooch’s amateur sidekick, George Grossmith, is based on the real singer and performer of that name who became the first great Gilbert and Sullivan star.
Endeavour Press is the UK’s leading independent publisher of digital books.
Sarah Dalby goes missing from her own garden on the night she is celebrating the defeat of the Oldwell and Mayton Railway Company.
Harry Maines had just proposed and been vehemently rejected, and now he finds himself the last person to have seen his love alive.
The Railway Company stand to gain with Miss Dalby gone, and now it seems that her siblings’ lives may also be in danger…
Inspector Fred Gooch is being threatened with an early retirement, as London’s police force moves with the times.
The Sussex case is his last chance to prove that he still has what it takes.
With his comic sidekick, George Grossmith, in tow, Gooch tries to get to the bottom of the Dalby disappearance before it becomes a homicide.
Will he find Sarah Dalby’s abductor before it’s too late?
What does the Railway Company have to do with the disappearance?
And who else will vanish before the case is solved?
‘A Killer Between the Lines’ is a gripping detective story with layer upon layer of mystery.
Stephen Wade has a special interest in writing both crime fiction and true crime. A Killer Between the Lines is his first detective mystery. Gooch’s amateur sidekick, George Grossmith, is based on the real singer and performer of that name who became the first great Gilbert and Sullivan star.
Endeavour Press is the UK’s leading independent publisher of digital books.
176 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 21, 2014
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Stephen Wade
149 books31 followersStephen Wade was born in Leeds and educated at the universities of Wales and Leeds.
He taught in further and higher education for many years, and this was followed by six years as a writer working in prisons.
He has written over fifty books, mainly in non-fiction, and he also lectures part-time at the University of Hull.
He taught in further and higher education for many years, and this was followed by six years as a writer working in prisons.
He has written over fifty books, mainly in non-fiction, and he also lectures part-time at the University of Hull.
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March 29, 2021
1885 Sarah Dalby, widow, has gone missing from a dinner party celebrating her victory against the railway company. A week later Inspector Fred Gooch, and advisor George Grossmith are sent to Sussex to investigate. Then they are faced with a murder. The Inspector needs to find the killer quickly or face retirement,
An enjoyable mystery
An enjoyable mystery
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