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Blood on the Tracks (2018)

par Martin Edwards (Directeur de publication)

Autres auteurs: Matthias McDonnell Bodkin (Contributeur), Ernest Bramah (Contributeur), Freeman Wills Crofts (Contributeur), Arthur Conan Doyle (Contributeur), Robert Eustace (Contributeur)11 plus, R. Austin Freeman (Contributeur), Michael Gilbert (Contributeur), Michael Innes (Contributeur), F. Tennyson Jesse (Contributeur), Ronald Knox (Contributeur), LT Meade (Contributeur), Baroness Orczy (Contributeur), Sapper (Contributeur), Dorothy L. Sayers (Contributeur), Roy Vickers (Contributeur), Victor L. Whitechurch (Contributeur)

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"A signalman is found dead by a railway tunnel. A man identifies his wife as a victim of murder on the underground. Two passengers mysteriously disappear between stations, leaving behind a dead body. Trains have been a favourite setting of many crime writers, providing the mobile equivalent of the 'locked-room' scenario. Their enclosed carriages with a limited number of suspects lend themselves to seemingly impossible crimes. In an era of cancellations and delays, alibis reliant upon a timely train service no longer ring true, yet the railway detective has enjoyed a resurgence of popularity in the twenty-first century. Both train buffs and crime fans will delight in this selection of fifteen railway-themed mysteries, featuring some of the most popular authors of their day alongside less familiar names."--Provided by publisher.… (plus d'informations)
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Blood on the Tracks is an anthology of short stories from early detective stories to those of the Golden Age. Each has some connection to railroads and train stations. Like most collections some stories were more entertaining than others and I liked the ones in the last half of the book best. They were arranged in chronological order from earliest to latest and there was was an introduction by the editor. Cautiously recommended for those interested in early detective stories.
  hailelib | Feb 18, 2023 |
This is a good theme for a story collection and a good collection of authors; however, a lot of the stories were impossible crimes and sometimes I get frustrated with those because they don’t seem to hang together even after the detective has explained it.

My favourite story of the collection was “The Level Crossing,” by Freeman Wills Crofts, the supreme railway mystery guy. The Michael Gilbert story was well done as well; he writes very cleanly and unobtrusively. I also actually liked the Michael Innes story too (I did not get on with Hamlet, Revenge! and thought The Journeying Boy was merely fine).

One of the weirder new-to-me characters was the protagonist of The Affair of the Corridor Express, Thorpe Hazell. He is a health zealot and does a wide selection of exercises. Clearly the story in this collection was a later one and readers would have been familiar with him, because the narration refers to him doing “digestive exercises” and put it in quotation marks, which made them sound even WEIRDER, like it was a euphemism.

I would cautiously recommend this collection to fans of the Golden Age of mysteries, especially fans of train books. It feels like a long collection, so one to keep on the bedside table rather than trying to read in a longer sitting. ( )
  rabbitprincess | Feb 14, 2023 |
Note: I accessed a digital review copy of this book through Edelweiss. ( )
  fernandie | Sep 14, 2022 |
Anthologies are always a tricky business. All the stories in this volume have a common denominator ,a train,trainstation,railroad, train travel...all play a major part in their criminal make up. And it is true that trains and stations create a very special atmosphere. This collection consists of contributions by Athur Conan Doyle, Dorothy L.Sayers,Baroness Orczy,R.Austin Freeman,Will Croft and other highly talented mystery writers. Some of these stories are very good(The Mystery of Felwyn Tunnel,The Man with the Watch,The Mysterious Death on the Underground Railway and many others...)and some were,well just average.

But as mentioned before,anthologies are tricky! ( )
  Obi2015 | Jul 19, 2020 |
This is a collection of mystery short stories set along railways, running from a Doyle non-Holmes (at least, overtly -- an anonymous detectives who might be Holmes suggests an incorrect solution) story, "The Man with the Watches" through to the mid-twentieth century. It includes a story by Canon Whitechurch, a clerical contemporary of Doyle who specialized in railway mysteries, a story by Freeman Will Crofts --usually given to railway timetable alibi stories, but in this case an unpleasant story from the would-be murderer's point of view (something I generally dislike) --there is likewise a horror story, from the point of view of the guilty man, which iI particularly dislike -- up to a much more cheerful story by Michael Gilbert about a female (though by no means sexy) fence. While some individual stories like Gilbert's are enjoyable, overall I did not get as much pleasure out of this collection as I have from some others. ( )
  antiquary | Mar 18, 2020 |
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Bramah, ErnestContributeurauteur secondairetoutes les éditionsconfirmé
Crofts, Freeman WillsContributeurauteur secondairetoutes les éditionsconfirmé
Doyle, Arthur ConanContributeurauteur secondairetoutes les éditionsconfirmé
Eustace, RobertContributeurauteur secondairetoutes les éditionsconfirmé
Freeman, R. AustinContributeurauteur secondairetoutes les éditionsconfirmé
Gilbert, MichaelContributeurauteur secondairetoutes les éditionsconfirmé
Innes, MichaelContributeurauteur secondairetoutes les éditionsconfirmé
Jesse, F. TennysonContributeurauteur secondairetoutes les éditionsconfirmé
Knox, RonaldContributeurauteur secondairetoutes les éditionsconfirmé
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Sayers, Dorothy L.Contributeurauteur secondairetoutes les éditionsconfirmé
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"A signalman is found dead by a railway tunnel. A man identifies his wife as a victim of murder on the underground. Two passengers mysteriously disappear between stations, leaving behind a dead body. Trains have been a favourite setting of many crime writers, providing the mobile equivalent of the 'locked-room' scenario. Their enclosed carriages with a limited number of suspects lend themselves to seemingly impossible crimes. In an era of cancellations and delays, alibis reliant upon a timely train service no longer ring true, yet the railway detective has enjoyed a resurgence of popularity in the twenty-first century. Both train buffs and crime fans will delight in this selection of fifteen railway-themed mysteries, featuring some of the most popular authors of their day alongside less familiar names."--Provided by publisher.

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