Andrew Martin Books in Order

Andrew Martin is a prolific English novelist and journalist. Born on July 6, 1962, he grew up in Yorkshire, later studying at the University of Oxford and qualifying as a barrister. As a freelance journalist, Martin has contributed to various publications while cultivating his writing career, which began with novels like Bilton, a comic exploration of journalists, and The Bobby Dazzlers, a humorous portrayal of life in the North of England, earning him the prestigious Spectator Young Writer of the Year award. His notable detective series, featuring Jim Stringer, a railwayman turned investigator in Edwardian England, includes The Necropolis Railway, The Blackpool Highflyer, The Lost Luggage Porter, Murder at Deviation Junction, and Death on a Branch Line. In addition to fiction, Martin has penned the non-fiction guide How to Get Things Really Flat: A Man's Guide to Ironing, Dusting and Other Household Arts.