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Rusted Souls A Tom

Harper Mystery #11

CHRIS NICKSON

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Retirement beckons for Chief Constable Tom Harper. Can he stop a spiralling crime spree involving love letters, robbery and murder before he hangs up his boots for good?

Leeds, 1920. Chief Constable Tom Harper of Leeds City Police has just six weeks left in the role before his wellearned retirement. But although his distinguished career is coming to an end, the crime and mayhem on the city's streets shows no sign of stopping.

Council leader Alderman Thompson is being blackmailed. He wants Harper to find the love letters he sent to a young woman called Charlotte Radcliffe and return them quietly, while elsewhere, masked robbers are targeting jewellery shops in the city. As events threaten to spiral out of control, Harper uncovers disturbing links between Alderman's predicament and the crime spree. Can he restore justice and order to the streets of Leeds one last time?

5 September 2023

Printed Paper Cased Fiction 224pp

Other (trim 216 x 138)

Printed Paper Cased £21.99 | $31.99

9781448311798

Rights: W/E

John Keyse-Walker practiced law for thirty years, representing business and individual clients, educational institutions and government entities. He is an avid salt- and freshwater angler, a tennis player, kayaker and an accomplished cook. He lives in Florida with his wife. Sun, Sand, Murder, the first book in the Teddy Creque mystery series, won the Minotaur Books/Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Award.