Pontypridd, 1893. A train crashes, and in the chaos of the disaster a killer covers the trail of a violent murder, but one of the crash victims is identified by means of a pocket watch. Two years later, Thomas Chard's arrival in town to take up his post as inspector in the burgeoning police force coincides with the grisly discovery of a body in the River Taff.The author paints quite an evocative picture of Victorian Pontypridd, taking the reader into the murky back streets of this Welsh town. An intricate plot is weaved and the finale is a rip roaring conclusion.
Genre: Historical Mystery
Genre: Historical Mystery
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