The Illusion of Innocence (Archie Price Mystery)

Sequel to The Colours of Corruption. Three people on a crowded train, brought there by the same crime. Archie Price, painter and police artist, blessed with a photographic memory, is travelling to Chelmsford to testify in a murder trial. The accused, Freddie Porter, is under police escort in the guard's van. Freddie's sister, Polly, is desperately trying to escape her brother's gang before they realise what she's done, unaware he's on the same train. When the locomotive is derailed, Archie and Polly are injured, and put up by the same local family while they recover. Where is Freddie? Polly is so terrified she is driven to desperate measures and Archie finds himself being drawn into her nightmare... Three people on a crowded train, brought there by the same crime. Archie Price, painter and police artist, blessed with a photographic memory, is travelling to Chelmsford to testify in a murder trial. The accused, Freddie Porter, is under police escort in the guards van. Freddies sister, Polly, is desperately trying to escape her brothers gang before they realise what shes done, unaware hes on the same train. When the locomotive is derailed, Archie and Polly are injured, and put up by the same local family while they recover. Where is Freddie? Polly is so terrified she is driven to desperate measures and Archie finds himself being drawn into her nightmare... Also in the Archie Price series, The Colours of Corruption: "A historical thriller that is as rich in emotional depth as it is ingenious in plot" Michelle Spring Archie Price, painter and police artist, has to attend a murder trial. The murderer, Fred, is on the same train, a prisoner in the guards van, and Freds sister, Polly, is also there, wanting to escape from her criminal brother. A train crash draws Archie and Polly together in this gripping Victorian mystery thriller