Filter By Subjects
Arson England Leeds Fiction Body snatching Fiction Constables England Leeds History 18th century Fiction Great Britain History George IV, 1820-1830 Fiction Leeds (England) History 18th century Fiction Leeds (England) History 19th century Fiction Murder Investigation England Leeds Fiction Murder Investigation Fiction Private investigators England Fiction Wool industry England Leeds FictionFilter By Subjects
Arson England Leeds Fiction Body snatching Fiction Constables England Leeds History 18th century Fiction Great Britain History George IV, 1820-1830 Fiction Leeds (England) History 18th century Fiction Leeds (England) History 19th century Fiction Murder Investigation England Leeds Fiction Murder Investigation Fiction Private investigators England Fiction Wool industry England Leeds FictionNickson, 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
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NICNickson, 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
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NICNickson, 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
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.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