Two Bronze Pennies
by Chris Nickson

Leeds, England, Christmas Eve, 1890. DI Tom Harper is looking forward to a well-earned rest. But it’s not to be. A young man has been found stabbed to death in the city’s poverty-stricken Jewish district, his body carefully arranged in the shape of a cross, two bronze pennies covering his eyes. Could someone be pursuing a personal vendetta against the Jews?

Harper’s investigations are hampered by the arrival of Capitaine Bertrand Muyrere of the French police, who has come to Leeds to look into the disappearance of the famous French inventor Louis Le Prince, vanished without trace after boarding a train to Paris.

With no one in the close-knit Jewish community talking to the police and with tensions rising, DI Harper realizes he’ll have to resort to more unorthodox methods in order to unmask the killer.

Reviews

“Suspense-filled, tense, and engrossing, Nickson’s latest is a fine read and an excellent addition to the Tom Harper series”

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Nickson’s second historical to feature detective inspector Harper is a thoroughly enjoyable procedural. Victorian-era Leeds comes alive as an unusual setting against which the sympathetically drawn characters perform their roles. Recommend for anyone who loves Ripper Street on BBC America or Anne Perry’s Victorian crime novels

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Chris Nickson

Chris Nickson is the author of eleven Tom Harper mysteries, seven highly acclaimed novels in the Richard Nottingham series, and five Simon Westow books. Born and raised in Leeds, he moved back there some years ago.

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Editions

Two Bronze Pennies by Chris Nickson is available in the following formats

Hardback978072788491630th April 2015141 X 222mm224£20.99
Hardback978072788491630th April 2015141 X 222mm224£21.99
Ebook97817801065951st August 2015N/A224$14.99
Ebook97817801065951st August 2015N/A224£4.99
Paperback978184751608429th January 2016139 X 215mm224£12.99
Paperback978184751608429th January 2016139 X 215mm224£13.99
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