Edward Marston

The Vagabond Clown (2003)

The Counterfeit Crank (2004)

The Silent Woman (1994)

Review of Edward Marston's "The Silent Woman", the 6th Nicholas Bracewell mystery set in Elizabethan LondonThe 6th of Edward Marston's splendid Elizabethan murder mysteries of his Nicholas Bracewell series reaches fever pitch in its intricate plotting and takes us back to the origins of Nicholas'...

The Wanton Angel (1999)

The Railway Detective (2005)

I read this historical mystery (set in Victorian England) because Goodreads recommended it to me and all I have to say to Goodreads after having read it is-THANK YOU!!!This book is wonderful. I have enjoyed riding trains my whole life and while I love Amtrak, I have a special affection for the tr...

The Railway Viaduct (2007)

This is the third in Marston's "The Railway Detective" series, featuring Insp Robert Colbeck and his colleague, Sergeant Victor Leeming, of the nascent Scotland Yard pain-clothes crime investigation force. Like many police detective stories, our hero has not only to battle against criminals but ...

The Parliament House (2007)

The Roaring Boy (2002)

Nicholas Bracewell, the book holder of a very successful acting troupe, Lord Westfield’s Men in Elizabethan England. Formulaic (and I mean that in the most positive sense of the word, a reader knows what they’re going to get and is more than satisfied with the process and outcome) and utterly cha...

The Princess of Denmark (2006)

The Excursion Train (2006)

The Painted Lady (2008)

The Painted Lady by Edward MarstonI gave this book 4.75 out of 5 stars.I really loved this book, The story is based on an architect and a local constable set in 1671 they have come together and formed a friendship which included working on crime solving together. The story is about Araminta Jewe...

The Fair Maid of Bohemia (1997)

This book is another in the Westfield's Men series, set in Elizabethan England. This time, however, the troupe of actors are forced to leave London to avoid the plague. The authorities have shut down all places where people congregate in order to cut down on potential infection.Instead of touring...

The Iron Horse (2007)

The Malevolent Comedy (2005)

The Frost Fair (2004)

The Laughing Hangman (2002)

This is another delightful and quite dark instalment in the Nicholas Bracewell series by Edward Marston that sees the intrepid bookkeeper of Lord Westfield’s Men, Bracewell, trying to track down the murderer of the much despised but hugely talented playwright, Jonas Applegarth. There doesn’t seem...

The Bawdy Basket (2002)

Shadow of the Hangman (2015)