Chris Nickson
Hocus Girl (A Simon Westow mystery)
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In Leeds in 1822, Simon Westow is a “thief-taker,” someone who restores stolen goods to their original owners. Now his dear friend, Davey Ashton, ...Read Review
The Leaden Heart (A Tom Harper Mystery)
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In July 1899, Leeds, England, is beset by a rash of burglaries, the first a daring one committed while residents were on the ground ...Read Review
The Hanging Psalm: A Regency Mystery Set in Leeds (A Simon Westow Mystery)
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This novel debuts a new series, returning again to Nickson’s ubiquitous Leeds. This time it’s the Georgian period; instead of an ...Read Review
The Tin God
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Superintendent Tom Harper chafes at the routine of administration, “trying to recall when he’d once believed that coppering meant solving crimes.” His ...Read Review
Free from All Danger
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Called out of retirement by the city fathers of Leeds to serve again as Constable, Richard Nottingham doesn’t feel up to the ...Read Review
The Year of the Gun
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It is 1944, and at Leeds City Police, DCS McMillan has a murder to solve. He has the assistance of his dependable driver WAPC ...Read Review
On Copper Street
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This fifth Tom Harper mystery sees significant changes in the life of the detective inspector. Small-time crook Henry White is released from prison ...Read Review
Modern Crimes: A WPC Lottie Armstrong Mystery
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On one level this is a short police/crime novel in which the police crack the case and the criminals get their deserts. ...Read Review
The Iron Water
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The latest in the Inspector Tom Harper series is another expertly written Victorian police procedural. An interesting scrap of history – the 1893 test of ...Read Review
Skin Like Silver (A Tom Harper Mystery)
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In 1890s Leeds, a devastating fire rages at the railway station. When it’s doused, a woman’s body is discovered, melted steel ...Read Review