Though I’ve read most of Marston’s books under the name Conrad Allen, The Railway Detective is the first book I’ve read under the Marston name. However, with my experience of Allen’s Dillman series, I felt confident that I was in for an interesting mystery set in an unusual physical setting during an interesting time period – in this case, a railway-themed mystery in Victorian-era England.
Well, suffice to say I wasn’t disappointed! As always, Marston manages to portray an interesting period of time, in this case the Victorian era, as well as the transportation technology that most well-defined it >>> here, steam-driven locomotives. I’ve got the series tagged as reportedly not Cozy on the appropriate pages of the list – for now I’m going to leave it since Detective Colbeck is an actual police detective, while most Cozy protagonists are amateurs, but I would definitely say that from what I have read so far, the Railway Detective Mystery Series seems well-suited for most Cozy Mystery fans, especially those interested in the Victorian era or train travel.
Recently, someone asked if I had any suggestions for any “Irish” themed mystery series, and I was a bit surprised that I didn’t already have a theme on Irish Cozies since they’re such a charming part of the genre! So, are there any Irish Cozies anyone can recommend?
