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

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

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.

As compelling a read as any fiction thriller

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

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.

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.

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.