TY - BOOK AU - Rowland,John TI - Calamity in Kent T2 - British Library crime classics SN - 9780712357838 (pbk.) : AV - PR6035 PY - 2016/// CY - London PB - The British Library KW - Detective and mystery stories KW - lcsh KW - Crime KW - ukslc N2 - In the peaceful seaside town of Broadgate, an impossible crime occurs. The operator of the cliff railway locks the empty carriage one evening; when he returns to work next morning, a dead body is locked inside - a man who has been stabbed in the back. Jimmy London, a newspaper reporter, is first on the scene. He is quick on the trail for clues - and agrees to pool his knowledge with Inspector Shelley of Scotland Yard, who is holidaying in the area. Mistrustful of the plodding local policeman, Inspector Beech, the two men launch their own investigation into this most baffling locked-room mystery ER -