This week finds vvb's mail on the Devonian Express train which is part of...
SteamPink (my definition) = female heroine stories with romance, adventure or mystery in a steampunk world
For review and future giveaway:
by Kate Milford
courtesy of author
Thanks Kate!
For review and future giveaway courtesy of Quirk:
Thanks Tiffany!
Getting ready for my Mansfield Park Murder Mystery event...
The Methods and Mysteries of the World's Greatest Detective
by Ransom Riggs
An Interactive Sherlock Holmes Mystery
by John H. Watson, M.D.
edited and with an Introduction by, Duane Swierczynski
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In the United States a railway post office, commonly abbreviated as RPO, was a railroad car that was normally operated in passenger service as a means to sort mail en route, in order to speed delivery. The RPO was staffed by highly trained Railway Mail Service postal clerks, and was off-limits to the passengers on the train. In the UK, the equivalent term was Travelling Post Office (TPO)...
...The world's first official carriage of mail by rail was by the United Kingdom's General Post Office in November 1830, using adapted railway carriages on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. Sorting of mail en-route first occurred in the United Kingdom with the introduction of the Travelling Post Office in 1838 on the Grand Junction Railway.
- wikipedia
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The guy on the cover of the Boneshaker reminds me of Cain from the Sandman series
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely great books!*_*
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't mind having a look at the Handbook for Holmes, though I think the interactive mystery would be more suited to my tastes you know?
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Nice looking books! I didn't post a mailbox this week due to vacay, it'll be really long when I get home... lol
ReplyDeleteI am excited for the Mansfield Park Murder Mystery event!
ReplyDeleteGood call, Sullivan McPig, it does look a lot like Cain! :D Love me some Sandman.
ReplyDeleteI totally am intrigued by The Boneshaker. It sounds fabulous. I've never been so overwhelmed by fabulous books before! This SteamPink train is really catching on. ;)
I looked at The Boneshaker on amazon. Cool premise. I hope it releases in Kindle!
ReplyDeleteGreat books in the post this week! I adore Sherlock Holmes. =O)
ReplyDeleteThe Sherlock Holmes Handbook sounds cool !
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