General Fiction

In 1855 as the cardiff-bound train puffs out of paddington station, young Hugh Kellow wraps a protective arm around his large valise, he has been entrusted with priceless silver coffee pot, designed in the shape of a locomotive by his elderly silversmith. employer but two of Hugh's fellow passengers are taking an enormous interest in the young man and his precious cargo.

When a dead body is discovered in a room at the Cardiff Railway Hotel, besides an empty valise, the great Railway Detective Robert Colbeck and his trusty sergeant Victor Leeming are called to investigate;and face a whole host of unexplained problems.