The Girl On The Tram By S D Marson
Inspired by the true story of the fatal tram crash in Exeter in 1917 in which a woman died, The Girl On The Tram is based slightly earlier in 1910 and introduces us to Carrie, our hero.
Carrie has a new job as a secretary in the 1900s Exeter. Fascinated by the stories of Sherlock Holmes, her job as a filing clerk at a local solicitor comes in handy when she witnesses a fatal tram crash in which a mysterious young woman dies, leaving Carrie with a curious calling card.
Carrie decides to find out what really caused the accident; the police say it was the driver’s fault but Carrie knows this can’t be true and she suspects foul play. But who stands to gain the most from the accident? And why is a photographer already in place, with his camera set up in time to take photographs of the incident?
With steam cars, the new telephone instrument, carriages and gaslights being replaced with the new electric power, the story follows Carrie and the two detectives, Jeffries and Smith, as they try to find out what happened to the tram.
Working apart, their lives cross and they join forces to get to the truth, witnesses murders and unscrupulous characters at every turn.