The Body on the Train

@00000400@The eleventh Kate Shackleton adventure, an evocative and colourful crime series set in 1920s Yorkshire.@00000163@@00000400@@00000327@Praise for Frances Brody‘s Kate Shackleton series:@00000133@@00000163@@00000400@‘The series is right up there with Miss Marple‘ @00000373@Sunday Sport@00000155@@00000163@@00000400@‘Delightful‘ @00000373@People‘s Friend@00000155@ @00000163@@00000400@‘Frances Brody matches a heroine of free and independent spirit with a vivid evocation of time and place . . . a novel to cherish‘ Barry Turner, @00000373@Daily Mail@00000155@@00000163@@00000400@‘Brody‘s excellent mystery splendidly captures the conflicts and attitudes of the time with well-developed characters‘ @00000373@RT Book Reviews@00000155@@00000163@@00000400@‘Kate Shackleton is a splendid heroine‘ Ann Granger@00000163@@00000400@‘Kate Shackleton joins Jacqueline Winspear‘s Maisie Dobbs in a subgroup of young, female amateur detectives who survived and were matured by their wartime experiences. As self-reliant women in a society that still regards them a second-class citizens, they make excellent heroines‘ @00000373@Literary Review@00000155@@00000163@@00000400@‘Frances Brody skilfully holds our attention, making us want to read on and then look forward to the next Kate Shackleton mystery‘ @00000373@Gazette @00000041@ Herald@00000155@@00000163@@00000400@‘Kate Shackleton is a delightful leading character. The flavour of post First World War England is beautifully portrayed. An enjoyable and gripping mystery story‘ CrimeSquad.com@00000163@@00000400@‘The author keeps us highly entertained with an interesting and exciting plot, impeccably researched, and a style of writing that has the reader turning the pages eagerly to discover the truth of the mystery. Francis Brody is fast becoming "the queen of light crime fiction"‘ @00000373@Gazette @00000041@ Herald@00000155@@00000163@@00000400@‘This is whimsical, colourful stuff and readers will warm to the entrepreneurial yet fragile Kate‘ Take a Break@00000341@‘Refreshing and highly entertaining, especially for the winter nights‘ @00000373@Gazette @00000041@ Herald@00000155@@00000163@@00000400@‘Delightful . . . the series is right up there with Miss Marple and the like. On top of that, the covers are fantastic, too‘ @00000373@Weekend Sport@00000155@@00000163@