The Somme Stations

On the first day of the Somme enlisted railwayman Jim Stringer lies trapped in a shell hole, smoking cigarette after cigarette under the bullets and the blazing sun. He calculates his chances of survival - even before they departed for France, a member of Jim's unit had been found dead.

During the stand-off that follows, Jim and his comrades must operate by night the vitally important trains carrying munitions to the Front, through a ghostly landscape of shattered trees where high explosive and shrapnel shells rain down. Close co-operation and trust are vital. Yet proof piles up of an enemy within, and as a ferocious military policeman pursues his investigation into the original killing, the finger of accusation begins to point towards Jim himself . . .

• Author  -  Andrew Martin
• Series  -  Jim Stringer
• Illustrated  -  No
• Age -  Adult
• ISBN  -  9780571249640
• Publisher  -  Faber
• Date  -  n/a
• Format  -  Paperback
• Weight  -  245g
• Size  -  20 x 13 x 2 cm
  
• Pages  -  n/a
• RRP  -  £7.99