Leaden Heart, The (eBook)

Chris Nickson (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
224 Seiten
Severn House (Verlag)
978-1-4483-0216-1 (ISBN)

Infos

DS Tom Harper helps his colleague Billy Reid after his brother, Charlie, commits suicide. Could crippling rent increases have been the cause? As Harper investigates, a web of intimidation and corruption is linked to a mysterious company in Leeds, which could be bringing misery and violence to the people of the city. But who is behind the company?

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When an old friend asks Superintendent Tom Harper for help, he finds himself drawn into a deadly web of intimidation, corruption and misery on the streets of Leeds.Leeds, England. July, 1899. The hot summer has been fairly quiet for Detective Superintendent Tom Harper and his squad, until a daring burglary occurs at an expensive Leeds address. Then his friend and former colleague, Inspector Billy Reed, asks for his help. Billy s brother, Charlie, a shopkeeper, has committed suicide. Going through Charlie s papers, Billy discovers crippling rent rises demanded by his new landlord. Could these have driven him to his death?As Harper investigates, he uncovers a web of intimidation and corruption that leads back to the mysterious North Leeds Company. Who is pulling the strings behind the scenes and bringing a new kind of misery and violence to the people of Leeds? Harper is determined to unmask the culprits, but how much blood will be shed as he tries?

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.5.2019
• Reihe/Serie: A Tom Harper Mystery
• Reihe/Serie: A Tom Harper Mystery
• Reihe/Serie: A Tom Harper Mystery
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Historische Kriminalromane
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Krimi / Thriller
• Schlagworte: 1890s • historical mystery • Inspector Tom Harper (fictitious character) • intimidation • Landlords • Late Victorian England • Leeds, Yorkshire • Murder • police procedural • Politics • Poor Law Workhouse Misogyny Burglary Theft Newcastle English Law Brothers Summer Pontefract, Yorkshire Ilkley, Yorkshire Corruption Wealth • property • Rent • Suicide • Tenants • threats
• ISBN-10: 1-4483-0216-1 / 1448302161
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4483-0216-1 / 9781448302161