*Not* a book from the 'to review' shelf; a book from the 'I have two books I really want to buy, I need another for the special offer' shelf
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This one's in my TBR pile, after being acquired in my last run in The Works. And yes, what you say is true on the general level about all of Marston's books that I've read. They're fluff but fun, and while many of them don't feature women as lead characters, his women are characters rather than plot devices. I will happily keep buying them as long as The Works keep stocking them, and while I won't deliberately go out looking for them in Waterstones, I'd happily buy them at full price if I was stuck somewhere and looking for something to read.
As far as I'm concerned, this type of Midlist is perfectly fine, akshually. They're not world-moving books, but it came in squarely on the side of books I thoroughly enjoyed, books I'm happy to reread, and while _ideally_ I would like more, not every book can be exceptional. I shall definitely look out for further installments at least at a low pricepoint. In many directions - including the gender balance and historical grounding - this is well above many of the books that I currently still have on my shelves.
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The Railway Detective series is definitely worth grabbing if you see any cheap, although be warned that I did find the first one suffered a bit from "My research, let me show you it."
I'd suggest keeping an eye on the charity shops -- because a lot of Marston's titles have been re-released and then remaindered via The Works in the last couple of years, I've been seeing them show up fairly regularly in my local Oxfam (and in fact that's where most of mine have gone once I'm done with them, since I thoroughly enjoy them but don't feel a desperate urge to re-read them).
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I'd suggest keeping an eye on the charity shops -- because a lot of Marston's titles have been re-released and then remaindered via The Works in the last couple of years, I've been seeing them show up fairly regularly in my local Oxfam (and in fact that's where most of mine have gone once I'm done with them, since I thoroughly enjoy them but don't feel a desperate urge to re-read them).
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