Book review The Dublin Railway Murder by Thomas Morris


Hello you,

The second book I'm going to review for the moment is The Dublin Railway Murder
by Thomas Morris. 

Now, as anyone who has ever read this blog of mine will know I have a particular interest in crime stories (obsession perhaps) there is no greater pleasure to me than a comfortable armchair, a cup of coffee at my elbow and a crime novel in hand. Heavenly ! I was initially attracted to this novel because of its title, I'm interested in Dublin (and fictional/real life murders). The fact that this book was set in the mid 1800's made it all the more perfect for me as this is an era with which I am fascinated. (Again, long time blog readers will know I'm a Sherlock Holmes fan). This is a locked room mystery essentially. Mr. Morris has meticulously researched this true crime story from archives and newspapers. While it is a true crime story it is paced just like a whodunnit. As the Irish police struggled to find the perpetrator of the murder of George Little detectives from Scotland Yard are drafted in to help too. A very well plotted book but one word of warning. If you are reading this on an ereader (a Kindle in my case) then the placement of the illustrations and their captions do reveal the murderer before the story does, so those are best skipped over quickly. All in all though, while I did take a little while to be thorioughly engrossed by the story I still enjoyed it. 


Huge thanks to the publishers and to Netgalley as always for giving me the opportunity to read and review.



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