Order of Andrew Martin Books
Andrew Martin is an English author, journalist, and documentary filmmaker. He is the author of the Jim Stringer, Steam Detective book series about a railwayman reassigned to the North Eastern Railway police in Edwardian England.
Martin attended Merton College, Oxford and went to work as a freelance journalist after university. He wrote for numerous publications while also writing novels at the time. He was named the Spectator Young Writer of the Year for his comic novel, The Bobby Dazzlers. In addition to his work with these, he also has written non-fiction books and has worked extensively in the world of television and radio. He also is a musician under the name of Brunswick Green.
Publication Order of Jim Stringer Books
| The Necropolis Railway | (2002) |    |
| The Blackpool Highflyer | (2004) | |
| The Lost Luggage Porter | (2006) | |
| Murder at Deviation Junction | (2007) | |
| Death on a Branch Line | (2008) | |
| The Last Train to Scarborough | (2009) | |
| The Somme Stations | (2011) | |
| The Baghdad Railway Club | (2012) | |
| Night Train to Jamalpur | (2013) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Bilton | (1998) | |
| The Bobby Dazzlers | (2002) | |
| The Yellow Diamond | (2016) | |
| Soot | (2017) | |
| The Martian Girl | (2018) | |
| Early Work | (2018) | |
| The Winker | (2020) | |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| UndergroundOverground | (2012) | |
| Flight By Elephant | (2013) | |
| Belles and Whistles | (2014) | |
| Night Trains | (2018) | |
| Seats of London | (2019) | |
| Steam Trains Today | (2021) | |
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The Necropolis Railway sees railwayman Jim Stringer moving to 1903 London where he is assigned to a mysterious graveyard line. His new co-workers can’t stand him and he soon finds out that his predecessor disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Stringer must work quick to figure out what is going on here between the line and his co-workers before he finds himself on a one-way coffin ticket aboard the Necropolis Railway.
Martin is also the author of The Lost Luggage Porter, the third book in the series. This book sees Martin working as railway detective for York station. His first day on the job is an eventful one as he is tipped off to a group of railway thieves by the Lost Luggage Porter, a mysterious figure who is known to be a human directory to everything in York. Jim’s job is to infiltrate their gang and finds himself drawn into a plot to carry out a robbery. The mission will find him off to Paris with the thieves, but trouble strikes when his wife is threatened and he’ll need to get to her before the villains do.