about the North, class, 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 the rudiments of driving steam trains, although it will be a long time before any passengers are foolish enough to ride with him.
In praise of The Necropolis Railway, his first Jim Stringer adventure, the Evening Standard said ‘the age of steam has rarely been better evoked’, while the Mirror described the book as ‘a brilliant murder mystery’. This was followed by The Blackpool Highflyer and The Lost Luggage Porter. The next books in the series, Murder at Deviation Junction and Death on a Branch Line, were shortlisted for the Ellis Peters Historical Crime Award and, in 2008, Andrew Martin was shortlisted for the CWA Dagger in the Library Award.
He has also written a book about housework for men, How to Get Things Really Flat: A Man’s Guide to Ironing, Dusting and Other Household Arts, and a study of British ghostliness, Ghoul Britannia, which includes a ghost story of his own.
Andrew Martin’s website address is www.jimstringernovels.com
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