• Two mystery books by British author Victor Whitechurch are bound together in this Kindle edition (both short story collections): Thrilling Stories of the Railway and Murder at the Pageant
Thrilling Stories of the Railway
Famous railway detective Thorpe Hazell features in many of these short tales. In The Affair of the Corridor Express, the son of a millionaire disappears from a moving train and Hazell hunts the kidnappers. In The Stolen Necklace, Hazell helps a woman find a diamond necklace stolen from her suitcase. In The Affair of the German Dispatch-Box, Hazell tries to intercept a sensitive government document before it finds its way into the hands of the German Ambassador.
Murder at the Pageant
An old fashioned British thriller involving a murder committed at a country home pageant commemorating a visit by Queen Anne. Everyone attending is a suspect including the host and an ex-secret service agent..
About The Author
Victor Whitechurch (1868 – 1933) was a clergyman and author best known for his detective Thorpe Hazell, He was a vegetarian railway detective, not at all like Sherlock Holmes, and he also wrote religious books with the church as a setting.
Thrilling Stories of the Railway
Famous railway detective Thorpe Hazell features in many of these short tales. In The Affair of the Corridor Express, the son of a millionaire disappears from a moving train and Hazell hunts the kidnappers. In The Stolen Necklace, Hazell helps a woman find a diamond necklace stolen from her suitcase. In The Affair of the German Dispatch-Box, Hazell tries to intercept a sensitive government document before it finds its way into the hands of the German Ambassador.
Murder at the Pageant
An old fashioned British thriller involving a murder committed at a country home pageant commemorating a visit by Queen Anne. Everyone attending is a suspect including the host and an ex-secret service agent..
About The Author
Victor Whitechurch (1868 – 1933) was a clergyman and author best known for his detective Thorpe Hazell, He was a vegetarian railway detective, not at all like Sherlock Holmes, and he also wrote religious books with the church as a setting.
