Summary: Set in a British register office, where people come to record life's big events: births, marriages, and deaths. Senior Registrar Kate Dickenson juggles a hectic personal life with grumpy teenagers and longtime partner Rob, while dealing with the emotional toll the job has on her. After a big promotion, jealous colleague Judy threatens to reveal an indiscretion Kate had with her handsome...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2018

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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV LOV

Nickson, Chris.

Summary: Investigating the deaths of a young woman and a baby whose bodies were found in a deliberately set fire, Richard Nottingham conducts a search through the streets of Leeds before discovering a link to a wealthy wool merchant.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Crème de la Crime 2012

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NIC

Barnard, Robert.

Summary: In Leeds, England, a Pakistani girl flees to a homeless center for youths to avoid an arranged marriage, but the family comes after her and blood flows. The black policeman, Charlie Peace, investigates.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 1998

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BAR

Summary: The once-impressive Hazelwood Manor has been in the family of Lord Hazelwood since the eighteenth century. There used to be more than 30 staff at the house, but now, with a mounting debt of 6.5 million, only five remain since Lord and Lady Hazelwood were forced to let the others go. With the future of Hazelwood in question and their jobs on the line, the unthinkable happens, the staff wins the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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Nickson, Chris.

Summary: "Leeds, 1822. The city is in the grip of winter, but the chill deepens for thief-taker Simon Westow and his young assistant, Jane, when the body of Laurence Poole, a petty local thief, emerges from the melting snow by the river at Flay Cross Mill. A coded notebook found in Laurence's room mentions Charlie Harker, the most notorious fence in Leeds who's now running for his life, and the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2020

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Summary: Five poor workers in a supermarket in Leeds whose lives turn upside down after they jointly win the lottery.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2013

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Nickson, Chris

Summary: When a country lad who came to Leeds looking for his runaway sister is found dead and his sister is discovered drowned in the river, Constable Richard Nottingham works to uncover who wanted them dead and why.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Crème de la Crime 2013

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Nickson, Chris.

Summary: In 1733, Richard Nottingham hunts a child-killer preying on the street children of Leeds, but he has to go up against the wealthy and powerful of the city to do it, including the new mayor.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Crème de la Crime 2013

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Nickson, Chris.

Summary: Richard Nottingham, Constable of the City of Leeds, grieving for the death of his daughter, is called upon to find out who would murder a wealthy wool merchant and why they would strip the skin from his bones.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Creme de la Crime 2011

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Summary: Welcome to Bedlam Heights, a hip newly converted apartment building in the heart of Leeds. The high quality rental apartments offer stylish 21st century living, but behind the facade lie unimaginable horrors, for this former pre-Victorian asylum is haunted by the ghosts of its dark and violent past. Kate, who lives and works at Bedlam Heights, thinks anyone who believes in ghosts is a fool.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2011

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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV BED

Nickson, Chris

Summary: "Leeds, May 1822. Thief-taker Simon Westow owes Davey and Emily Ashton everything - the siblings gave him sanctuary when he needed it most. So when Davey is arrested for sedition and Emily begs Simon for help, he starts asking questions, determined to clear his friend. Are the answers linked to rumours of a mysterious government spy in town? Davey's not the only one who needs Simon's help....

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2020

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Summary: "In a time when people were ruthlessly persecuted and killed, some were able to make it through alive. Whether it was thanks to lucky twists of fate or the loving sacrifices of others, they lived to tell their stories, which serve as reminders to never allow such a tragedy to happen again. These are the unbelievable true stories of six children, in their own words, of how they survived one of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Explore 2019

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.53 SHA

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Barnard, Robert.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2001

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Nickson, Chris

Summary: Leeds. November, 1823. When a doctor from the infirmary tells thief-taker Simon Westow about the brutal deaths of two young boys at the hands of a mill overseer, Simon's painful memories of his childhood reawaken. Unable to sleep, he goes for a walk - and stumbles upon the body of a young man being pulled from the river. Simon and his assistant, Jane, are drawn into investigating the deaths,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2021

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McPherson, Catriona

Summary: When she was twelve years old, Opal Jones escaped her mother's endless drinking. Now, returning to their small Leeds cottage after her mum's death, Opal feels like she's gone back in time. Nosey Mrs. Pickess is still polishing her windows to a sparkle. Fishbo, Opal's ancient music teacher, still plays trumpet with his band. And much to Opal's delight, her favorite neighbor, Margaret Reid, still...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Midnight Ink 2013

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Nickson, Chris

Summary: "Leeds. April, 1824. Wealthy engineer Joseph Clark employs thief-taker Simon Westow to find the men who stole the buried corpse of Catherine Jordan, his employee's daughter. Simon is stunned and horrified to realize there's a gang of body snatchers in Leeds. He needs to discover who bought Catherine's body and where it is now. As he hunts for answers, he learns that a number of corpses have...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2023

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Hookworms (Musical group)

Summary: Hookworms are a five-piece psychedelic/noise rock band from Leeds/Halifax, England.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Domino Reocrding 2018

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK HOO