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Superior . Even minor characters are fully fleshed out in this trip down the mean streets of early 20th-century Leeds. Nickson''s consistent high quality across multiple series continues to impress - Publishers Weekly Starred Review

Detective Superintendent Tom Harper senses trouble ahead when the prime minister plans a visit. Can he keep law and order on the streets while also uncovering the truth behind a missing child?

Leeds, September 1908. There''s going to be a riot. Detective Superintendent Tom Harper can feel it. Herbert Asquith, the prime minster, is due to speak in the city. The suffragettes and the unemployed men will be out in the streets in protest. It''s Harper''s responsibility to keep order. Can he do it?

Harper has also received an anonymous letter claiming that a young boy called Andrew Sharp was stolen from his family fourteen years before. The file is worryingly thin. It ought to have been bulging. A missing child

The Molten City 8 A Tom Harper Mystery

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      Publisher Canongate Books
      Published 31 March 2020
      ISBN-13 9780727889768
      978-0727889768
      ISBN-10 727889761

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Superior . Even minor characters are fully fleshed out in this trip down the mean streets of early 20th-century Leeds. Nickson''s consistent high quality across multiple series continues to impress - Publishers Weekly Starred Review

      Detective Superintendent Tom Harper senses trouble ahead when the prime minister plans a visit. Can he keep law and order on the streets while also uncovering the truth behind a missing child?

      Leeds, September 1908. There''s going to be a riot. Detective Superintendent Tom Harper can feel it. Herbert Asquith, the prime minster, is due to speak in the city. The suffragettes and the unemployed men will be out in the streets in protest. It''s Harper''s responsibility to keep order. Can he do it?

      Harper has also received an anonymous letter claiming that a young boy called Andrew Sharp was stolen from his family fourteen years before. The file is worryingly thin. It ought to have been bulging. A missing child

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