Death of a Train
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Death of a Train 
1st Edition cover, 1946Author(s) Freeman Wills Crofts Country United Kingdom Language English Series Inspector French Genre(s) Crime fiction Publisher Hodder & Stoughton Publication date 1946 Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback) ISBN NA Preceded by Enemy Unseen Followed by Murderers Make Mistakes Death of a Train is a crime novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, published in 1946.
Synopsis
Set during World War II, a network of German secret agents plans to derail a train carrying vital war supplies. Due to a delay another train is derailed instead, the intended one then being diverted safely round the blockage. Inspector French tracks down the conspirators, nearly losing his life in a heroic final action to prevent their escape.
Categories:- 1946 novels
- Novels by Freeman Wills Crofts
- World War II novels
- Rail transport in fiction
- Spy novel stubs
- Crime novel stubs
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