ANDREW MARTIN

This annual review, now in its 19th year, once again provides aspiring interior designers with endless ideas and a great breadth of influential styles. One of the designers in each review is declared the winner, selected by an illustrious jury that includes winners from previous years. This book is an unbeatable source of inspiration, highlighting the current trends in international interior design.

WINNER OF THE ELLIS PETERS AWARDSuperb.Lancashire Evening PostRichly satisfying.Sunday TelegraphOn the first day of the Somme enlisted railwayman Jim Stringer lies trapped in a shell hole, smoking cigarette after cigarette under the bullets and the blazing sun. He calculates his chances of survival - even before they departed for France, a member of Jims unit had been found dead.During the stand-off that follows, Jim and his comrades must operate by night the vitally important trains carrying munitions to the Front, through a ghostly landscape of shattered trees where high explosive and shrapnel shells rain down. Close co-operation and trust are vital. Yet proof piles up of an enemy within, and as a ferocious military policeman pursues his investigation into the original killing, the finger of accusation begins to point towards Jim himself . . .The real achievement of The Somme Stations is the bravura picture the reader is given of men in war - a war receding in time as the last participants die, but which Martin subtly allows to stand in for all conflicts. Barry Forshaw, IndependentPraise for the Jim Stringer series:Breathe in the heady mixture of smoke, oil and steam - and the odd spot of real ale - and feel the crunch of cinders beneath your feet... youre in historic railway territory again.Manchester Evening NewsFinely honed crime novels with plotting as precise as a Swiss watch. Daily ExpressThis series is, er, really building up a head of steam.Observer Readers love Jim Stringer, railway detective: Its hard to envisage anyone not warming to Jim Stringer.IndependentAn unlikely sleuth - ingenuous, naive and a little anxious - but an endearing narrator, a solid bloke whod be good company over a pint of stout down the pub.TelegraphThe best sleuth that 200 years of the railways have ever produced.Independent on Sunday

A brilliant murder mystery set in Edwardian London about a railway line that runs only to a massive cemetery.Daily MirrorAn ingenious and atmospheric thriller.ExpressWhen railwayman Jim Stringer moves to the garish and tawdry London of 1903, he finds his duties are confined to a mysterious graveyard line. The men he works alongside have formed an instant loathing for him - and his predecessor has disappeared under suspicious circumstances. Can Jim work out what is going on before he too is travelling on a one-way coffin ticket aboard the Necropolis Railway?A murderous conspiracy of a plot graced with style, wit and the sharp, true taste of a time gone by.Independent on SundayPraise for the Jim Stringer series:Breathe in the heady mixture of smoke, oil and steam - and the odd spot of real ale - and feel the crunch of cinders beneath your feet... youre in historic railway territory again.Manchester Evening NewsFinely honed crime novels with plotting as precise as a Swiss watch. Daily ExpressThis series is, er, really building up a head of steam.Observer Readers love Jim Stringer, railway detective: Its hard to envisage anyone not warming to Jim Stringer.IndependentAn unlikely sleuth - ingenuous, naive and a little anxious - but an endearing narrator, a solid bloke whod be good company over a pint of stout down the pub.TelegraphThe best sleuth that 200 years of the railways have ever produced.Independent on Sunday

A thoroughly engaging and entertaining read. All aboard.Sunday ExpressTerrific.Daily TelegraphIts March 1914, and Jim Stringer is uneasy about his next assignment.Its not so much the prospect of a Scarborough lodging house in the gloomy off-season that bothers him, or even the fact that the last railwayman to stay in the house has disappeared without trace. Its more that his governor, Chief Inspector Saul Weatherhill, seems to be deliberately holding back details of the case - and that hes been sent to Scarborough with a trigger-happy assistant.The lodging house is called Paradise, but, as Jim discovers, its hardly that in reality. It is, however, home to the seductive and beautiful Amanda Rickerby, a woman evidently capable of derailing Jims marriage - and a good deal more besides.As a storm brews in Scarborough, it becomes increasingly unlikely that Jim will ever ride the train back to York.Like all the Jim Stringer adventures, The Last Train to Scarborough bewitches with its detail, dry humour and laid-back ruminations, but the strangeness of the plot and the originality of the murder method puts this latest book into a weird class of its own.ObserverPraise for the Jim Stringer series:Breathe in the heady mixture of smoke, oil and steam - and the odd spot of real ale - and feel the crunch of cinders beneath your feet... youre in historic railway territory again.Manchester Evening NewsFinely honed crime novels with plotting as precise as a Swiss watch. Daily ExpressThis series is, er, really building up a head of steam.Observer Readers love Jim Stringer, railway detective: Its hard to envisage anyone not warming to Jim Stringer.IndependentAn unlikely sleuth - ingenuous, naive and a little anxious - but an endearing narrator, a solid bloke whod be good company over a pint of stout down the pub.TelegraphThe best sleuth that 200 years of the railways have ever produced.Independent on Sunday

Jim Stringer, Steam Detective, rides the footplate again in this hot-as-coals whodunnit. Sabotage, sleuthing, suspicion and steam combine with Edwardian England and railways to create a detective novel in the grand tradition of detective novels.ExpressThis may well be the best fiction about the railways since Dickens.Independent on Sunday A superbly atmospheric thriller of sabotage, suspicion and steam, The Blackpool Highflyer brings a new twist to tales of Edwardian England and amateur sleuthing. Assigned to drive holidaymakers to the seaside resort of Blackpool in the hot summer of 1905, Jim Stringer is happy to have left behind the grime and danger of life in London. But his dreams of beer and pretty women are soon shattered - when his high-speed train meets a huge millstone on the line . . .A clear winner in literary crime writing . . . Dazzling attention to detail and quality writing from one of our best.Daily ExpressPraise for the Jim Stringer series:Breathe in the heady mixture of smoke, oil and steam - and the odd spot of real ale - and feel the crunch of cinders beneath your feet... youre in historic railway territory again.Manchester Evening NewsFinely honed crime novels with plotting as precise as a Swiss watch. Daily ExpressThis series is, er, really building up a head of steam.Observer Readers love Jim Stringer, railway detective: Its hard to envisage anyone not warming to Jim Stringer.IndependentAn unlikely sleuth - ingenuous, naive and a little anxious - but an endearing narrator, a solid bloke whod be good company over a pint of stout down the pub.TelegraphThe best sleuth that 200 years of the railways have ever produced.Independent on Sunday

The period detail is wonderful . . . The story builds up a good head of steam early on and rattles along nicely to a satisfying conclusion.GuardianIts the summer of 1911, and as Britain is gripped by paranoia about German spies and secret preparations for war, railway detective Jim Stringer decides to set out for a much-needed holiday.But before he can leave he finds himself escorting a young aristocrat, Hugh Lambert, who is on his way to be executed for the murder of his father. When Hugh warns that a second murder is imminent in his isolated village, Jim sees a chance to kill two birds with one stone. And so, as he visits the village with his wife Lydia on the pretext of holidaying, Jim finds he has one weekend in which to stop another murder and unravel a conspiracy of international dimensions . . .Eccentric and engaging.Sunday TimesEnough historical details and rural oddbods for a BBC serial, a baffling plot and - most importantly - good writing.Scotland on SundayPraise for the Jim Stringer series:Breathe in the heady mixture of smoke, oil and steam - and the odd spot of real ale - and feel the crunch of cinders beneath your feet... youre in historic railway territory again.Manchester Evening NewsFinely honed crime novels with plotting as precise as a Swiss watch. Daily ExpressThis series is, er, really building up a head of steam.Observer Readers love Jim Stringer, railway detective: Its hard to envisage anyone not warming to Jim Stringer.IndependentAn unlikely sleuth - ingenuous, naive and a little anxious - but an endearing narrator, a solid bloke whod be good company over a pint of stout down the pub.TelegraphThe best sleuth that 200 years of the railways have ever produced.Independent on Sunday

Andrew Martin has recreated an extraordinarily convincing world . . . Terrific.Daily TelegraphDecember, 1909. A train hits a snowdrift in the frozen Cleveland Hills. In the process of clearing the line a body is discovered, and so begins a dangerous case for struggling railway detective Jim Stringer, a case which will take him from the Highlands to Fleet Street to the mighty blast furnaces of Ironopolis.Jims faltering career hangs on whether he can solve the murder, but before long Jim finds himself fighting not just for his job, but also for his life . . .A wonderful evocation of Edwardian Britain . . . Tough, scary and funny, this is a novel for anyone who loves a page-turning detective story.Independent on SundayPraise for the Jim Stringer series:Breathe in the heady mixture of smoke, oil and steam - and the odd spot of real ale - and feel the crunch of cinders beneath your feet... youre in historic railway territory again.Manchester Evening NewsFinely honed crime novels with plotting as precise as a Swiss watch. Daily ExpressThis series is, er, really building up a head of steam.Observer Readers love Jim Stringer, railway detective: Its hard to envisage anyone not warming to Jim Stringer.IndependentAn unlikely sleuth - ingenuous, naive and a little anxious - but an endearing narrator, a solid bloke whod be good company over a pint of stout down the pub.TelegraphThe best sleuth that 200 years of the railways have ever produced.Independent on Sunday

Detective Superintendent George Quinn - Mayfair resident and dandy with a razor-sharp brain - has set up a new police unit, dedicated to investigating the super-rich. When he is shot in mysterious circumstances, DI Blake Reynolds is charged with taking over. But Reynolds hadnt bargained for Quinns personal assistant - the flinty Victoria Clifford - who knows more than shes prepared to reveal...The trail left by Quinn leads to a jewellery theft, a murderous conspiracy among some of the most glamorous (and richest) Russians in London - and the beautiful Anna, who challenges Reynolds professional integrity. Reynolds and Clifford must learn to work together fast - or risk Quinns fate.Set in the heart of twenty-first-century Mayfair, a world of champagne, Lamborghinis and Savile Row suits, The Yellow Diamond is a brilliant new venture from one of our best loved crime authors - meticulously plotted, wonderfully humane and hugely enjoyable.

North East India, 1923. On the broiling Night Mail from Calcutta to Jamalpur, a man is shot dead in a first class compartment. Detective Inspector Jim Stringer was sleeping in the next compartment along. Was he the intended target? Jim should have known that his secondment to the East Indian Railway, with a roving brief to inspect security arrangements, would not be the working holiday he had hoped for. The country seethes with political and racial tension. Aside from the Jamalpur shooting, someone is placing venomous snakes - including giant king cobras - in the first class compartments of the railway. Jim also has worries on the home front: his daughter has formed a connection with a Maharajahs son, who may in turn have a connection to Jims incredibly rude colleague, the bristling Major Fisher. Jim must do everything he can to keep his family safe from harm, as he unravels the intrigues that surround him...

A cracking good thriller.Independent on SundayUnerringly sharp and pioneeringly original, it locks the reader in from start to finish. Andrew Barrow, SpectatorWinter, 1906. Its Jim Stringers first day as an official railway detective, but hes not a happy man. As the rain falls incessantly on the citys ancient streets, the local paper carries a story highly unusual by York standards: two brothers have been shot to death.Soon Jim enters the orbit of a dangerous, disturbed villain - and discovers that the two murders are barely the start of his plans . . .The atmosphere of neglected streets... dingy saloon bars, suppers of boiled bacon and pickles, and dismal, unceasing rain are splendidly evoked ... if youre fond of a stroll through Edwardian working-class life and the innards of steam engines, these might seem to be transports of delight.TelegraphPraise for the Jim Stringer series:Breathe in the heady mixture of smoke, oil and steam - and the odd spot of real ale - and feel the crunch of cinders beneath your feet... youre in historic railway territory again.Manchester Evening NewsFinely honed crime novels with plotting as precise as a Swiss watch. Daily ExpressThis series is, er, really building up a head of steam.Observer Readers love Jim Stringer, railway detective: Its hard to envisage anyone not warming to Jim Stringer.IndependentAn unlikely sleuth - ingenuous, naive and a little anxious - but an endearing narrator, a solid bloke whod be good company over a pint of stout down the pub.TelegraphThe best sleuth that 200 years of the railways have ever produced.Independent on Sunday

The indispensable reference book from top interior design house, Andrew Martin 500 pages of the latest interior styles and trends, catering to all kinds of tastes Features leading interior designers around the world and the prestigious "Designer of the Year" Andrew Martin's trusted annual interiors review is here, celebrating the high art of interior design with the same expert and international eye as ever. From clean-line purity to the ultimate homely hygge, Volume 22 of the Interior Design Review book delivers the most renowned, innovative, and exceptional interior design of the last year. "My home is my castle." For each of us, home is a retreat, a comfort, and a space we delight in designing to our taste and needs. This year, as every year, teNeues delivers fresh interiors inspiration with the 500-page Interior Design Review from leading design house, Andrew Martin. As well as nominating Designer of the Year—the "Oscar of the Design World"—this trusted interiors book presents leading interior designers around the world and their best work from the past year, spanning a thrilling range of interior aesthetics from opulent to minimalist, urban sophisticate to Scandinavian-inspired hygge. Whatever home style you're after, Interior Design Review promises a true bounty of interiors ideas. Founded in 1978 by Martin Waller, Andrew Martin International is the seal of interiors quality to help you make each space special.

The Andrew Martin brand no longer just stands for a sumptuous selection of decorative fabrics, wall cov-erings, designer furniture, and home accessories, but also for the "Andrew Martin Interior Designer of the Year Award." Volume 18 of the Interior Design Review once again features the designers who have won over the renowned jury with their work. Richly illustrated with over 1000 color photographs, this retrospective of the publication-now in its 18th year-has been dubbed "the bible of interior design." A compendium of contemporary interior design styles, it's essential for any professional interior decorator or design lover. The artists are individually presented, followed by contact details in an appendix. The broad sweep of exemplary interiors represents an extraordinary variety of international design-brought to life with lush, glossy photos. With a mix of different cultures, the interiors assembled here nostalgically allude to a wide range of styles, while also embodying Andrew Martin's dazzling world of interior design.

Martin handles this theme with the skill of such illustrious predecessors as Graham Greene - and there is no higher praise than that.Daily ExpressBaghdad, 1917. Captain Jim Stringer, invalided from the Western Front, has been dispatched to investigate what looks like a nasty case of treason. He arrives to find a city on the point of insurrection, his cover apparently blown - and his only contact lying dead with flies in his eyes. As Baghdad swelters in a particularly torrid summer, the heat alone threatens the lives of the British soldiers who occupy the city. The recently ejected Turks are still a danger - and many of the local Arabs are none too friendly either.For Jim, who is not particularly good in warm weather, the situation grows pricklier by the day. Aside from his investigation, he is working on the railways around the city. His boss is the charming, enigmatic Lieutenant-Colonel Shepherd, who presides over the gracious dining society called The Baghdad Railway Club - and who may or may not be a Turkish agent. Jims search for the truth brings him up against murderous violence in a heat-dazed, labyrinthine city where an enemy awaits around every corner.Praise for the Jim Stringer series:Breathe in the heady mixture of smoke, oil and steam - and the odd spot of real ale - and feel the crunch of cinders beneath your feet... youre in historic railway territory again.Manchester Evening NewsFinely honed crime novels with plotting as precise as a Swiss watch. Daily ExpressThis series is, er, really building up a head of steam.Observer Readers love Jim Stringer, railway detective: Its hard to envisage anyone not warming to Jim Stringer.IndependentAn unlikely sleuth - ingenuous, naive and a little anxious - but an endearing narrator, a solid bloke whod be good company over a pint of stout down the pub.TelegraphThe best sleuth that 200 years of the railways have ever produced.Independent on Sunday

As in previous volumes, this year s 20th edition of the annual "Interior Design Review" promises to raise the bar yet again on the world s most innovative interior design. Who will feature and who will win the coveted Andrew Martin International Interior Designer of the Year Award 2016? As an encyclopedic compendium filled with international trends, this publication is an unbeatable source for creative professionals. As described by "The Times," the Oscar of the interior design world. "

Anticipation is brewing; who will be named Designer of the Year ? All is revealed in Interior Design Review Vol. 23, the latest installment in Andrew Martin s dependable catalog of interior inspiration. Whether you are a professional interior designer or looking for decor inspiration for your own home, this near 500-page tome offers something to suit every taste and every space. From cozy country house style to innovative eclecticism, from stylish minimalism to far Eastern infused opulence, this interiors coffee table book brims with talent, style, and ideas. Andrew Martin was founded in 1978 by Martin Waller and is today synonymous with exceptional design style. With an extensive range of fabrics, wallpaper, furniture, and home accessories and a rich aesthetic mix across cultures, decades, and nostalgic treasures, it is the go-to address for individualists seeking something special. Let their impeccable taste take you on an interiors tour of the globe and have your imagination run wild for your own home decor.

A chance encounter leads young Jim Stringer, a railway porter, to move from Yorkshire to Waterloo, and a better job. But the London of 1903 is a world of garish pubs and tawdry brothels, boxed in by towering blank-faced factories. Jim finds that his duties are mysteriously confined to the strangest corner of the South Western''s business: a railway line that runs to an enormous cemetery. Still more perplexingly, the men he works alongside have formed an instant loathing for him. And his predecessor has disappeared under suspicious circumstances. Can Jim work out what is going on before he too is travelling on a one-way coffin ticket aboard the Necropolis Railway?

A superbly atmospheric thriller of sabotage, suspicion and steam, ''The Blackpool Highflyer'' brings a new twist to tales of Edwardian England, steam railways and amateur sleuthing. When railwayman Jim Stringer is assigned to drive holiday makers to the seaside resort of Blackpool in the hot summer of 1905, he thinks he''s struck lucky. But his dreams of beer and pretty women are soon destroyed - when his high-speed train meets a huge millstone on the line. Who wanted to derail the packed train? And did they want to kill everyone on board, or just one passenger? Desperately seeking the saboteur, Jim is drawn into the fringes of Blackpool Central, Europe''s busiest station. He discovers a murky world of dandies, fraudsters and ventriloquists, shifty revolutionaries and textile magnates. In the summer heat, dazed by the sun and by the roaring fire he stokes, Jim begins to understand that the more he investigates, the longer his list of suspects will become... Set in 1905, Martin''s second Jim Stringer mystery (after 2004''s The Necropolis Railway) starts slowly but builds a head of steam like the monster locomotive Jim stokes for ''Lanky,'' the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. A passenger dies when a huge grindstone on the tracks derails a train on an excursion to seaside Blackpool. Jim begins to suspect class warfare when a young socialist distributes tracts in Jim''s hometown of Halifax, urging workers to shun holidays organized by mill owners. A fallen tree on another rail line further suggests conspiracy, as does the disappearance of smartly dressed Clive, the engine driver on Jim''s next run. Lanky management''s paltry 5 reward hardly seems likely to garner much information, so newlywed Jim turns to comely Lydia, a mill clerk he simply calls ''the wife,'' for much needed help. Getting used to Jim''s chatty Cockney narration takes time, but as the suspense rises, readers will be captivated.

A great deal of well-researched railway detail [and] killer lines, without which no Andrew Martin novel is complete' Irish TimesOn a chilly December evening in 1925, while walking to meet his wife at York railway station, detective inspector Jim Stringer ?nds himself face to face with a man pointing a revolver straight at him.In a ? ash Jim's thoughts go spinning back to a hot day at the end of August, when he attended a Wild West sideshow at the York Summer Gala with his boss, Superintendent Saul Weatherill, aka 'the Chief'. He remembers the moody young sharpshooter who led the show, his strange Arizonian yet English accent, and above all, his deadeye skills...Andrew Martin's much-loved railway policeman Jim Stringer returns in his most dangerous investigation yet.