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What Doesn't Kill Us by Ajay Close

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Ajay Close’s new crime thriller is a work of fiction inspired by the notorious Yorkshire Ripper case of the 1970s, which gained huge media coverage and prompted a massively inefficient manhunt. In that case, the police eventually identified the killer, but were severely criticised for…
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Girl: Inside by S Williams

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The sequel to Girl: Broken, Girl: Inside continues the story of Daisy, a young woman who grew up in and was abused by a cult but managed to escape. Author S Williams aims to explore how people can be affected and destabilised by the extreme…
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Interview: Chris Nickson

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Chris Nickson is celebrating 10 years of crime writing about Leeds with the publication of his 22nd novel, The Molten City, on 31 March. He has written a number of historical crime series set in different periods, and this one sees the return of Nickson’s…
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Still You Sleep

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Written by Kate Vane — Journalists often make excellent lead characters as tenacious investigative reporters picking through the bones of crimes and societal corruption. Chris Brookmyre’s Jack Parlabane is a standout of the type, a truth-seeking maverick, who’ll let nothing stand in the way of…
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On Copper Street

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Written by Chris Nickson — Detective Inspector Harper makes his way toward Copper Street to see the body of Henry White, a man released from jail the just day before. White is fresh off a six-month stint, serving his time for receiving stolen goods. When…
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The Iron Water

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Written by Chris Nickson — The author Chris Nickson has made his name synonymous with the city of Leeds, and has set various novels and series there but during different historical eras. The Tom Harper books have a late Victorian backdrop, and began with Gods of Gold in 2014. The fourth…
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Modern Crimes

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Written by Chris Nickson — No author has used the city of Leeds as a backdrop for crime stories so profoundly as Chris Nickson. From Richard Nottingham‘s cases set in the 1730s through to Dan Markham in the 1950s, his love and knowledge of the…
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