Railway to the Grave - Marston Edward
Railway to the Grave - Marston Edward Colonel Aubrey Tarleton is a man respected by his neighbors in the small Yorkshire village of South Otterington - as much for his heroic feats in the army as for…
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Railway to the Grave - Marston Edward
Colonel Aubrey Tarleton is a man respected by his neighbors in the small Yorkshire village of South Otterington - as much for his heroic feats in the army as for his social position. He is crushed to death on the track, but it is not his broken limbs that attract the attention of the train driver; rather, it is the note pinned to his chest, fluttering in the breeze: 'Whoever finds me, notify Superintendent Tallis of the Detective Department at Scotland Yard'. So the community is left stunned when Tarleton, deliberately, walks into the path of a speeding train.
Tallis is clutching a letter from his now-deceased friend. The famous Railway Detective, Inspector Robert Colbeck, finds his superior officer in great distress when he arrives at the Yard the following morning. In it, Tarleton makes it clear that he no longer wishes to live if he has to do so without his beloved wife, who has