THE RAILWAY MYSTERIES - Complete Collection: 28 Titles in One Volume (Including The Thorpe Hazell Detective Tales & Other Thrilling Stories On and Off the Rails)

This carefully crafted ebook: "THE RAILWAY MYSTERIES - Complete Collection: 28 Titles in One Volume (Including The Thorpe Hazell Detective Tales & Other Thrilling Stories On and Off the Rails)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.Victor Lorenzo Whitechurch (1868-1933) was a Church of England clergyman and author. He is best known for his detective stories featuring Thorpe Hazell, the first amateur railway detective, whom the author intended to be as far from Sherlock Holmes as possible. Another Whitechurch''s character was the spy Captain Ivan Koravitch. His stories were admired for their immaculate plotting and factual accuracy. Whitechurch was one of the first writers to submit his manuscripts to Scotland Yard for vetting as to police procedure.Table of Contents:Thrilling Stories of the RailwayPeter Crane''s CigarsThe Tragedy on the London and Mid-NorthernThe Affair of the Corridor ExpressSir Gilbert Murrell''s PictureHow the Bank Was SavedThe Affair of the German Dispatch-BoxHow the Bishop Kept His AppointmentThe Adventure of the Pilot EngineThe Stolen NecklaceThe Mystery of the Boat ExpressHow the Express Was SavedA Case of SignalingWinning the RaceThe StrikersThe Ruse That SucceededOther Railway StoriesA Perilous RideThe Slip Coach MysteryIn the Rockhurst TunnelThe Convict''s RevengeA Warning in RedA Jump for FreedomSpecial Working InstructionsPierre Cournet''s Last RunBetween Two FiresThe Triumph of Seth P. TuckerA Policy of SilenceIn a Tight FixThe Romance of the "Southern Queen"