Leaden Heart, The
Chris Nickson
Belletristik/Erzählende Literatur
Beschreibung
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?
Kundenbewertungen
Poor Law Workhouse Misogyny Burglary Theft Newcastle English Law Brothers Summer Pontefract, Yorkshire Ilkley, Yorkshire Corruption Wealth, Landlords, Tenants, Property, Late Victorian England, Inspector Tom Harper (fictitious character), Threats, Intimidation, Police procedural, Leeds, Yorkshire, Historical mystery, Murder, 1890s, Rent, Suicide, Politics