The Blackpool Highflyer

The second Jim Stringer adventure, The Blackpool Highflyer is a suberbly atmospheric thriller of sabotage, suspicion and steam. The next big name in detective fiction This series has been repackaged to bring out the period and the character of these wonderfully evocative novels Jim Stringer is an Edwardian detective with an already huge critical following, and great commercial appeal Perfect for fans of offbeat detective series from authors such as Boris Akunin and Alexander MaCall Smith

Author Biography

Andrew Martin, a former Spectator Young Writer of the Year, grew up in Yorkshire. After qualifying as a barrister he became a freelance journalist in which capacity he has tended to write about the north, class, trains, seaside towns and eccentric individuals rather than the doings of the famous, although he did once loop the loop in a biplane with Gary Numan. He has also learned to drive steam locomotives, albeit under very close supervision. He has written for the Guardian, the Daily Telegraph, the Independent on Sunday and Granta, among many other publications, and his weekly column appears in the New Statesman.