Andrew Martin is a journalist and novelist.
The Somme Stations is the seventh book in his much-loved 'Jim Stringer' series which began with
The Necropolis Railway in 2002
. The third and fourth books in the series,
Murder at Deviation Junction and
Death on a Branch Line, were shortlisted for the Ellis Peters Historical Crime Award and, in 2008, Andrew Martin was shortlisted for the CWA Dagger in the Library Award.