Marston, Edward: - "EDWARD MARSTON was born and brought up in South Wales. A full - time writer for over thirty years, he has worked in radio, film, television and the theatre. Prolific and highly successful, he is equally at home writing children's books or literary criticism, plays or biographies, and the settings for his crime novels range from the world of professional golf to the compilation of the Domesday Survey. The Excursion Train is the second book in the series featuring Inspector Robert Colbeck and his assistant Sergeant Victor Leeming."