Chris Nickson

The Faces of the Dead (A Cathy Marsden Thriller)

By Chris Nickson - Published 2026

Genres:

Mystery/CrimeThriller

The second Sergeant Cathy Marsden Thriller begins in Leeds in March 1944. Crime doesn’t stop because there’s a war on, and Cathy ...Read Review

A Rage of Souls (A Simon Westow Mystery, 8)

By Chris Nickson - Published 2025

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Leeds, 1826. Thief-taker Simon Westow has been hired by James Barton to catch con artist Frederick Fox. Simon, having sustained a leg injury in ...Read Review

No Precious Truth (A Cathy Marsden Thriller)

By Chris Nickson - Published 2025

Genres:

Mystery/CrimeThriller

No Precious Truth is the first in a new crime thriller series by author Chris Nickson, set in Leeds in 1941, where twenty-something Sergeant ...Read Review

Them Without Pain (A Simon Westow mystery, 7)

By Chris Nickson - Published 2024

Genres:

Mystery/CrimeThriller

The historic tale of Arthur Mangey, a talented silversmith accused of coin-clipping and hanged in 1696, has elicited this excellent crime thriller, set in 1825 ...Read Review

Rusted Souls (A Tom Harper Mystery, 11)

By Chris Nickson - Published 2023

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Tom Harper, Chief Constable of Leeds, is about to retire. His time is spent between his Town Hall office with its endless mountains ...Read Review

The Blood Covenant (A Simon Westow Mystery Book 4)

By Chris Nickson - Published 2022

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Thief-taker Simon Westow and his partner, Jane, hunt down and return a pair of stolen candlesticks to wealthy factory owner Thomas Arden. They ...Read Review

Brass Lives: 9 (A Tom Harper Mystery, 9)

By Chris Nickson - Published 2021

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Newly promoted Deputy Chief Constable, Tom Harper sometimes regrets his decision to take the job, but now he’s back in his old ...Read Review

To The Dark (A Simon Westow Mystery 3)

By Chris Nickson - Published 2020

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

This is the first book by this author I’ve read, but it works well as a standalone historical mystery, as the author ...Read Review

Molten City (A Tom Harper Mystery)

By Chris Nickson - Published 2020

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

In this police procedural, the eighth in the series, set in 1908 Leeds, Superintendent Tom Harper is confronted by two almost insoluble problems:  How ...Read Review

Hocus Girl (A Simon Westow mystery)

By Chris Nickson - Published 2020

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

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

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