Review: The Railway Murders

The Railway Murders by J.R. Ellis
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

There are railways in Britain that still have steam engines and many use them to re-create that time of steam and industrialization to entertain locals and tourists alike. So, too, to increase revenue some of them allow movie or TV film crews to use the stations,tracks and trains as locations. Such is the case in the Railway Murders and it is one thespian, a renowned actor who has become somewhat past his sell-by date, who is the victim. Though respected for his acting ability, he is also renowned for his womanizing, thereby creating a large pool of possible murderers -- women scorned, men cuckholded. Why even among the crew there is a feasible couple--the director, whose wife, an actress has been the victim's lover. As a matter of fact, the wife just along for the ride and not acting in the program, spent the night before the murder with the victim!

Ah, but this is not as straight forward as it would seem. The victim was murdered in a moving railway car in which he was alone. AND, when the door was opened and his corpse discovered, no one was with it, nor had anyone exited the car after he entered it. So, where is the murderer??? How did they got in and out and not be seen at either time?

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