I enjoyed reading about DCI Coburg and Sergeant Lampson in the Hotel Mysteries series, so I was excited to see a new series featuring them.

I had some trouble following the facts of the case and keeping every character straight in my head, but that didn't take anything away from my enjoyment of this book. It's the sort of mystery novel that doesn't linger and that doesn't keep you up for hours after finishing it. That sounds like a bad thing, but it's really not. These books are perfect for a few hours of escapism from real life, with a guarantee you won't be bringing the characters or the story into real life with you once you return from between the pages.

I like the gimmick the author is going for in his series, with centering the stories around specific locations (museums, hotels, the London underground), and it makes me curious about what location he'll pick next.

Always look forward to a new Jim Eldridge book. I have really enjoyed the hotel murder series. Seemed to be an awful lot of bodies in this one. A good sense of atmosphere and London geography here. Loved the addition of 'Mrs Mallowan', however brief! Good partnership between Coburg & Lampson and the continuing family plot lines running in the background of the main murder(s). Thanks to Netgalley.

Unfortunately the poor quality of the ARC made it sometimes almost impossible to keep reading. Too many typos and repeats.

I just ordered the book on Amazon so I'll be able to give a better review soon.

Many thanks anyway for the ARC

This was my first book by this author. I love London themed books, and especially like London Underground stories, so this was ideal for me. Based in the WWII, this is the first book of the series, although it does appear to feature characters from other books written by this author. I loved the Underground storyline and loved reading about the tube stations being used for bomb shelters for both people and possessions. Certain parts of the book didn't hold my interest as much as others, but on the whole, the story was cleverly written, very well researched and captured the atmosphere of wartime London perfectly. I will definitely try other books in the series, and I may possibly go back and re-read this book to see if I enjoy it more the second time around!

Jim Eldridge’s Murder at Aldwych Station is the latest book about DCI Coburg. Eldridge has written several books about Coburg, all based around murders at famous London hotels (the Ritz, Savoy and Claridge’s) and this is the first of a series based around Underground Stations. It starts with figures emerging from a side tunnel onto the Underground line between Aldwych and Holborn and laying a body on the line. There are also a bunch of thieving volunteer firemen. I liked the way that a Mrs Mallowan from the University College Hospital confirmed that the murder victim had died of strychnine poisoning. If you haven’t heard of the real-life Mrs Mallowan, wife of the famous archaeologist, Max Mallowan, you may know her better by her professional name: Agatha Christie. Someone from Coburg’s past appears, much to his dismay.

There are multiple murders in this book. Although I really enjoy Eldridge’s Coburg books and the series about the Victorian Museum detectives – his plots are gripping and his characterisation is good – I did think there was almost an element of the guilty party being the only one left alive by the end of the book. It didn’t quite reach that stage, but it was getting close!

When I read Eldridge’s DCI Coburg books, I do get a strong sense of how it felt to be in London during the Blitz. The strong sub-plots (will Sergeant Lampson ask his son’s teacher out on date? What exactly is Coburg’s elder brother, the Earl of Dawlish, doing, working for the Government?) provide realistic colour and depth to the novels. Eldridge is also very good indeed at weaving together a number of plot lines to give a satisfying ending. I really do look forward to a new book from Jim Eldridge and this one didn’t disappoint me.

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As ever a brilliantly enjoyable book from Jim Eldridge. Deviating slightly from the Hotel theme of the previous books in this series we start with a dead body in Aldwych tube station which is currently being used an air raid shelter during WW2.
DI Coburg and his right hand man Lampson are drawn into a case that inadvertently brings those they care about into danger,
As with all of these novels the sense of history is excellent and you get a real picture of how life was.

Great read, thank you to NetGalley and the author for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Detective Chief Inspector Coburg, his wife Rosa and Sergeant Lampson are well plotted and relatable chacters I liked and I was happy I was able to read a new instalment in this entertaining series.
It's a well plotted historical mystery, full of twists and red herrings. It kept me guessing and I appreciated the solution.
The historical background is well researched and I always learn something new when I read a Jim Eldridge's mystery.
I thoroughly enjoyed it and it's highly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher for this arc, all opinions are mine

This new series from Jim Eldridge features characters from his Museum detective series and takes them off into a slightly different direction giving them room to breathe and for their characters to develop in different ways. Here we are in bomb-strewn London and you can feel the tension of the people as the War rages on around them, imagine yourself walking down a street over the rubble and sense the relative safety of the Underground stations where efforts were made to make it as cheerful as possible. Highly atmospheric writing. The mystery of the musician who is found dead in Aldwych station provides th emain narrative and in true Eldridge style we follow their detecting around the streets with the blind alleys, moments of clarity and fogs of confusion typical of any detective novel.

An easy read with hopefully with many more to come. Thanks to the publishers for an advance reding copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This is a new series - London Underground Station Mysteries. However, it stars familiar characters, Detective Chief Inspector Edgar Walter Septimus Saxe-Coburg, his wife Rosa, and Sergeant Ted Lampson. It all takes place in early December 1940, when the Blitz on London is a regular item. Aldwych station is out of service, but is heavily used as a bomb shelter on the main platform, and a little further down the tracks the Elgin Marbles are stored. Just beyond the Elgin Marbles, the museum guard finds a dead body. He is a young man in formal evening wear, no shoes, and has grooves on his fingers indicating a guitarist or banjo player.

Rose looks at the picture and immediately identifies the man as jazz guitarist Benny Martin. Coburg and Lampson quickly find he last played at Pat Riley's. They also find out that he was having an affair with Pamela Cuddington, the wife of Lord Colin Cuddington, and former girlfriend of Coburg. We also find out that Emergency Fire Crew 127 has been breaking into safes and stealing money and jewelry from the apartments where they are putting out fires while the owners are in the subways.

Rosa is attacked and sent to the country home of Coburg's brother for safety, and more dead bodies appear. Coburg and Lampson must find the links between the robberies and the killings in order to solve this exciting mystery!

This is my first Jim Eldridge read and I thought he had a really easy-to-read style, the story was fast-paced and kept the action going, and the characters were relatable.

I'm happy to hear that there are some returning characters in this series to his previous works, I think there's space for them to grow and build up some character development - and I look forward to checking out the new releases in the series.

This marks a new series, but using the same core characters from the Hotel series by Aldridge, which I’m happy about, as I love Coburg and Rosa. Overall, this was a good first entry into a new series set in underground London, with an interesting plot and lots of twists and turns. I’m more than happy to read more books in this new series.

I received a free ARC copy of this via NetGalley and the publishers in return for an unbiased review.

As always Jim doesn't fail to keep me gripped as to who dun it, great catching up with characters I've come to like and know, loved the storyline and how the case was linked to a number of different things that had them going around in circles, I'm hoping they eventually find enough on the horrible cuddington man to finally get him on a charge for something in a later series
Highly recommend any of Jim's books

A well written and absolutely gripping book full of vivid descriptions and rich imagery making me feel like I was right ther ein the 40's in amongst the action

Jim Eldridge’s DCI Coburg and DS Lampson return with another murder investigation, however, this one isn’t based around a top end London hotel but centres on Aldwych underground station in the first book of a new series.

Despite the change in location the main ingredients of a strong underlying main storyline and some great characters mean that Murder at Aldwych Station is another very enjoyable read and one I definitely recommend.

“Murder At Aldwych Station” by Jim Eldridge features the same detective duo from his “Hotel Mysteries” series set in 1940’s London, DCI Coburg and Sergeant Lampson, with the action mostly taking place in the dark confines of the London Underground.
This is another very enjoyable and twisty whodunnit with lots of authentic period detail about the day-to-day life of Londoners during the Second World War, and is rich in atmosphere.
The main characters are multi-faceted protagonists and there is an interesting cast of secondary characters. It is a pleasant read, not exactly cosy crime as there is a plethora of social comment, and is another good novel from Jim Eldridge.