First published in the U.K. in 2002, Martin's U.S. debut offers smooth prose, but suffers from its callow, 19-year-old protagonist, Jim Stringer. In 1903, Stringer leaves York for London to make ...

Opened in November 1854, the London Necropolis Railway was a bizarre transportation system that transported some of the creepiest cargo around. For roughly 87 years, the railway line carried dead ...