The latest in Andrew Martin s much-loved Jim Stringer, Steam Detective series. Andrew Martin has recreated an extraordinarily convincing world . . . Terrific. Daily TelegraphDecember, 1909. A train hits a snowdrift in the frozen Cleveland Hills. In the process of clearing the line a body is discovered, and so begins a dangerous case for struggling railway detective Jim Stringer, a case which will take him from the Highlands to Fleet Street to the mighty blast furnaces of Ironopolis.Jim s faltering career hangs on whether he can solve the murder, but before long Jim finds himself fighting not just for his job, but also for his life . . . A wonderful evocation of Edwardian Britain . . . Tough, scary and funny, this is a novel for anyone who loves a page-turning detective story. Independent on Sunday Stringer is at the heart of a series of historical crime novels that shows no sign of running out of steam. Sunday Times