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  • Published: 1 March 2023
  • ISBN: 9781529113006
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 384
  • RRP: $22.99

The Dublin Railway Murder

The sensational true story of a Victorian murder mystery




An astonishing real-life murder mystery set in Victorian Dublin. This meticulously researched true-crime tale is perfect for fans of The Five by Hallie Rubenhold.

A thrilling investigation of a true Victorian crime at Dublin railway station, shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction 2022.

Dublin, November 1856: George Little, the chief cashier of the Broadstone railway terminus, is found dead, lying in a pool of blood beneath his desk.

Yet there is no sign of a murder weapon and the office door is locked, apparently from the inside. Thousands of pounds in gold and silver are left untouched at the scene of the crime.

Augustus Guy, Ireland's most experienced detective, teams up with Dublin's leading lawyer to investigate the murder - but the case defies all explanation. Then a local woman comes forward, claiming to know the killer...

  • Published: 1 March 2023
  • ISBN: 9781529113006
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 384
  • RRP: $22.99

About the author

Thomas Morris

Thomas Morris worked for the BBC for seventeen years making programmes for Radio 4 and Radio 3. For five years he was the producer of In Our Time, and previously worked on Front Row, Open Book and The Film Programme. His freelance journalism has appeared in publications including The Times, The Lancet and The Cricketer. In 2015 he was awarded a Royal Society of Literature Jerwood Award for non-fiction. He lives in London.

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Praise for The Dublin Railway Murder

The Dublin Railway Murder is a true-crime masterclass: meticulous, vivid and as compelling as any thriller...beautifully reconstructs mid-19th century Dublin, while never easing up on the pace. Brilliantly done throughout.

Philip Gray, author of TWO STORM WOOD

If, like me, you love everything Kate Summerscale writes, you'll lap up this compelling murder mystery...Morris draws us beautifully into his expert reconstruction of this baffling case.

The Bookseller

Written like a whodunit and wearing its vast research into Victorian Dublin ever so lightly, Thomas Morris's wholly factual murder mystery is easily one of the most entertaining page-turners I've read this year. It's a compelling, evocative, thrilling must-read, and proof, if further proof is ever required, that fact is often so much stranger - not to mention more entertaining - than fiction

Sunday Independent

Illuminates a fascinating Victorian culture and society. And, most importantly for the silent man at the centre of this story, Morris's painstaking investigation of this perplexing crime and its far-reaching consequences ensures that George Little is no longer forgotten.

Irish Independent

In The Dublin Railway Murder, Thomas Morris unpacks this baffling case with the taut, just-the-facts spareness of the best police procedurals...[He] deftly peppers the narrative with historical context...An intriguing and compelling true crime whodunit as well.

Irish Times

As compelling a read as any fiction thriller

i

This meticulous non-fiction account of a once-famous murder mystery has all the shocks and surprises of the best crime fiction

The Times Crime Club

The plot of this real-life murder mystery had as many twists and turns as an Agatha Christie whodunit

Daily Mail