Timetable of Death

Fiction

Author: Edward Marston

Librarian’s note: There is an Alternate Cover Edition for this edition of this book here.,,1859. Two children dash past gravestones playing hide-and-seek. A freshly dug grave should provide the ideal hiding place, if it weren’t for an unscheduled body occupying the spot.,,The body is that of Vivian Quayle, director of the Midland Railway and pillar of the community, whose myst….Read More

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