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Keith Miles entry at Wikipedia
Keith Miles credits [1968-80] at Internet Movie Database
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Edward Marston official website
Edward Marston page at publisher Allison & Busby
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Fiction by Keith Miles
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Warrior Kings" (1978)
"Murder In Perspective" (1997)
"Saint's Rest" (1999)
XIth Century Domesday mystery series
(writing as Edward Marston)
Medieval Mysteries Dept. at Ostara Publishing
Domesday Book Series Dept. at Macmillan Minotaur
Domesday Book extracts website
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"The Wolves of Savernake" (1993)
"The Ravens of Blackwater" (1994)
"The Dragons of Archenfield" (1995)
"The Lions of The North" (1996)
"The Serpents of Harbledown" (1996)
"The Stallions of Woodstock" (1997)
"The Hawks of Delamere" (1998)
"The Wildcats of Exeter" (1998)
"The Foxes of Warwick" (1999)
"The Owls of Gloucester" (2000)
"The Elephants of Norwich" (2000)
XVIth Century Elizabethan Theatre
mystery series (writing as Edward Marston)
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"The Queen's Head" (1988)
"The Merry Devils" (1989)
"The Trip To Jerusalem" (1990)
"The Nine Giants" (1991)
"The Mad Courtesan" (1992)
"The Silent Woman" (1992)
"The Roaring Boy" (1995) nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Novel
"The Laughing Hangman" (1996)
"The Fair Maid of Bohemia" (1997)
"The Wanton Angel" (1999)
"The Devil's Apprentice" (2001)
"The Bawdy Basket" (2002)
"The Vagabond Clown" (2003)
"The Counterfeit Crank" (2004)
"The Malevolent Comedy" (2005)
"The Princess of Denmark" (2006)
XVIIth Century Restoration mystery series
(writing as Edward Marston)
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"The King's Evil" (1999)
"The Amorous Nightingale" (2000)
"The Repentant Rake" (2001)
"The Frost Fair" (2003)
"The Parliament House" (2006)
"The Painted Lady" (2007)
XVIIIth Century Captain Rawson mystery series
(writing as Edward Marston)
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Soldier of Fortune" (2008)
"Drums of War" (2008)
"Fire and Sword" (2009)
"Under Siege" (2010)
"A Very Murdering Battle" (2011)
1850s The Railway Detective
mystery series (writing as Edward Marston)
Scotland Yard's Detective Inspector Robert Colbeck is fascinated with the new railroads;
his assistant Detective Sergeant Victor Leeming thinks that railroads are a menace.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"The Railway Detective" [#1 = 2004]
 | Set in 1851; the London-to-Birmingham mail train is robbed and derailed, a crime planned with military precision; Detective Inspector Robert Colbeck of Scotland Yard is assigned to untangle what soon becomes a web of murder and blackmail; when Colbeck closes in on the criminal masterminds, the beautiful daughter of the injured train driver becomes an innocent pawn in the battle between good and evil.
Kindle Edition from Allison & Busby [7/2009] for $7.08 Allison & Busby 7¾x5 pb [3/2005] for $12.06 Allison & Busby 8½x5¾ hardcover [3/2004] out of print/many used |
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"The Excursion Train" [#2 = 2005]
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Set in 1852; a Great Western Railway excursion train bound for an illegal prizefight in Berkshire arrives with a dead man brutally strangled with wire; his wallet was not taken, which rules out robbery as motive. Insp. Colbeck and Sgt. Leeming soon discover the man's true identity - a hangman notorious for botched executions.
Kindle Edition from Allison & Busby [11/2009] for $7.08 Allison & Busby 7¾x5 pb [6/2006] for $11.96 Allison & Busby 8½x5½ hardcover [3/2005] out of print/many used |
"The Railway Viaduct" [#3 = 2006]
 | The dead body hurled from a train speeding across the Sankey Viaduct into the canal below carries no identification; Insp. Colbeck and Sgt. Leeming are stumped until a young woman tells them that the victim was an engineer working on a new rail link in France.
Kindle Edition from Allison & Busby [11/2009] for $7.08 Allison & Busby 7¾x5 pb [9/2007] for $15.95 Allison & Busby 8½x5 hardcover [6/2006] for $10.00 |
 | "The Railway Detective Omnibus: "The Railway Detective", "The Excursion Train", and "The Railway Viaduct" [2011] Allison & Busby 7¾x5 hardcover [11/2011] for $15.60 |
"The Iron Horse" [#4 = 2007]
 | The mass of people converging on Derby Day at Epsom Downs range from peers to dustmen, bishops to beggars, with the cream of Victorian society targeted by crooks of all kinds. When a severed head turns up on a passenger train at Crewe, 200 miles from London, Insp. Colbeck and Sgt. Leeming are surprised when the trail leads south to murder, fraud, and race-fixing.
Kindle Edition from Allison & Busby [5/2010] for $7.08 Allison & Busby 7¾x5 pb [8/2008] for $11.96 Allison & Busby 8½x5½ hardcover [9/2007] out of print/many used |
"Murder On The Brighton Express" [#5 = 2008]
 | Set in October 1854; the London-to-Brighton Express is packed with passengers when it derails and collides with another train just outside the Balcombe Tunnel; officials chalk it up to engine driver error, but Insp. Colbeck and Sgt. Leeming soon discover evidence that it was no accident and that the saboteur plans to strike again.
Kindle Edition from Allison & Busby [1/2010] for $7.08 Allison & Busby 7¾x5 pb [8/2009] for $11.64 Allison & Busby 8½x5½ hardcover [9/2008] for $10.00 |
"The Silver Locomotive Mystery" [#6 = 2009]
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A wealthy ironmaster commissions a silver teapot in the shape of a railway locomotive for his acquisitive wife; when the silversmith arrives with the object, the man is killed and the teapot stolen. A telegram summons Insp. Colbeck and Sgt. Leeming to Wales, where they soon are enmeshed in additional crimes and a background of illicit liaisons among local high society.
Kindle Edition from Allison & Busby [8/2009] for $7.08 Allison & Busby 7¾x5 pb [9/2010] for $12.71 Allison & Busby 8½x5½ hardcover [8/2009] for $8.50 |
"Railway To The Grave" [#7 = 2010]
 | An old army friend of Superintendent Tallis steps in front of a speeding train; the matter is an obvious suicide, but wants looking into, since the man's wife has been missing for some time; Colbeck and Leeming are assigned to the case.
Kindle Edition from Allison & Busby [6/2010] for $7.08 Allison & Busby 7¾x5 pb [5/2011] for $12.71 Allison & Busby 8½x5 hardcover [6/2010] for $8.50 |
"Blood On The Line" [#8 = 2011]
 | Set in 1855; a ruthless criminal being escorted on a London & North Western Railway train to London for his execution escapes with the help of a cold-blooded beauty. Insp. Colbeck sets aside planning for his impending wedding to Madeleine Andrews {see books 1 & 2} and takes Sgt. Leeming and young Ian Peebles along to chase the villain down.
Kindle Edition from Allison & Busby [5/2011] for $7.08 Allison & Busby 7¾x5 pb [DUE Sept 2012] for $16.95 
Allison & Busby 8½x5¼ hardcover [5/2011] for $21.86 |
"The Stationmaster's Farewell" [#9 = April 2012]
 | Set in 1857; when the charred body of a stationmaster is found in the remains of his station after an arson fire, the South Devon Railway summons Colbeck and Leeming from Scotland Yard to find out what happened; the surface reputation of the 'universally liked' stationmaster soon crumbles to reveal a jilted secret lover, a resentful colleague, and a violent elder brother as potential suspects.
Kindle Edition from Allison & Busby [4/2012] for $9.79 Allison & Busby 8½x5¼ hardcover [4/2012] for $28.87 |
"Peril In The Royal Train" [#10 = 7/2013] 
 | "A dangerous new mystery for the railroad detective" With intense rivalry between competing railroad companies, police first suspect that deadly sabotage near the Scottish border is overzealous railroad workers, but Inspector Colbeck & Sergeant Leeming quickly suspect that it was practice for an attempt on the lives of Queen Victoria and her Prince Consort, who have secret plans to visit Balmoral Castle.
Kindle Edition from Allison & Busby [7/2013] for $10.79 Allison & Busby 8½x5¾ hardcover [7/2013] for $23.31 |
1900s Dillman and Masefield mystery series
(writing as Conrad Allen)
browse books at Conrad Allen Store at Amazon
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Murder On The Lusitania" (1999)
"Murder On The Mauretania" (2000)
"Murder On The Minnesota" (2002)
"Murder On The Caronia" (2002)
"Murder On The Marmora" (2004)
"Murder On The Salsette" (2005)
"Murder On The Oceanic" (2006)
"Murder On The Celtic" (2007)
modern Alan Saxon mystery series
(writing as Keith Miles)
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Bullet Hole" (1986)
"Double Eagle" (1987)
"Green Murder" (1990)
"Flagstick" (1991)
"Bermuda Grass" (2002)
"Honolulu Play-Off" (2004)
Other Works, Other Media
Keith Miles's credits [1968-80] at Internet Movie Database
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Stone Dead" (1991) writing as Martin Inigo
"Touch Play" (1991) writing as Martin Inigo
"Perfect Shadows" (stories 1999) writing as Edward Marston
"Murder, Ancient and Modern" (stories 2005) writing as Edward Marston
"John Christie" non-fiction [The National Archives 11/2007] writing as Edward Marston
ISBN 978-1-905615-16-2
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"A Bespoke Murder" [2011]
writing as Edward Marston
 | Home Front Detective Series, Book 1; set in May 1915 London; the sinking of the Lusitania sparks anti-German riots in England; the death of a German tailor in his burned-out London shop becomes a different matter when the understaffed police discover that the man was stabbed, his safe was ransacked, and his daughter was raped before the arson.
Kindle Edition from Allison & Busby [11/2011] for $7.08 Allison & Busby 9¼x6 hardcover [11/2011] for $19.85 |
"An Instrument of Slaughter" [Nov 2012]
writing as Edward Marston
 | Home Front Detective Series, Book 2; set in 1916 London; amid wartime fervor for 'King and Country', Inspector Marmion and Sergeant Keedy are assigned to the case of a young conscientious objector who is found bludgeoned to death.
Allison & Busby hardcover [11/2012] for $24.83 |
Works About Keith Miles
 | "The Many Roles of Keith Miles" print interview by J. Kingston Pierce in September 1999 issue of January Magazine, U.K. free online text at January Magazine |
Friends & Family
first wife mystery author Rosalind Mary Simpson Miles /nm2854127/ - married 1964-??
second wife {or partner?} mystery author Judith Cutler
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Wikipedia
{unrelated} musician Keith Miles of Nashville, Tennessee
L i n k s
Edward Marston official website
Keith Miles entry at Wikipedia
Keith Miles's credits [1968-80] at Internet Movie Database
browse books at Keith Miles Store at Amazon
browse books at Edward Marston Store at Amazon
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