|   First edition | |
| Author | Derek Lambert | 
|---|---|
| Language | English | 
| Series | Edmund Blackstone | 
| Genre | Historical thriller | 
| Publisher | Stein and Day | 
| Publication date | 1973 | 
| Publication place | United Kingdom | 
| Media type | |
| Preceded by | Blackstone's Fancy | 
| Followed by | Blackstone and the Scourge of Europe | 
Beau Blackstone is a 1973 historical thriller novel by the British writer Derek Lambert, published under the pen name Richard Falkirk. It is the third in a series of six novels featuring Edmund Blackstone, a member of the Bow Street Runners in the pre-Victorian era. [1] Blackstone goes undercover amongst a gang of navvies working on a new railway, and is called on for plans to thwart the first Great Train Robbery.