Murder on the Santa Special

The sleepy village of Bramley is stuck in a rut: the school and the cottage hospital are threatened with closure, the prices at the Post Office store are driving customers to the nearest superstore, and the Bramley Cross and Brocklehurst Preserved Steam Railway - pride of Brigadier Eames and his dedicated team of enthusiasts - is in desperate need of repair and extension if it is to survive. When the answer to all these problems appears in the shape of a mysterious but ludicrously wealthy Russian oligarch, there are questions about the provenance of his village-saving cash - is he Mafia or self-made millionaire?