Bill Dawson was a journalist all his life, having started work at the age of 16. He ran a press agency before the 2nd World War, in Camberley near Reading. He sold stories to Fleet Street about happenings in Berkshire; and carried on as a journalist after the war. He had regular features in both Motor Cycling and Motorcycle magazines. These he wrote alongside his newspaper work. He often reported crime and understood the criminal world as well as anybody. Once he retired, he wrote books. Train of Events—set in Newcastle—is one of those.
The best laid plans of mice and men can still go wrong.A London gang of criminals perfect an audacious train robbery, netting £2 million in used banknotes destined for incineration.Things go wrong in the execution of the robbery near Newcastle, and that sets off a train of events, that no one can c...
