Dangerous opponents for the thief-taker!
To The Dark (Simon Westrow #3) by Chris Nickson
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A different hunt for thief-taker Simon and his cohort—his
wife and love, Rosie and his helper Jane. Silver spoons have been stolen and
the thief tracked by Simon. Now the thief's turned up dead and the game takes a
turn. Powerful people in the Leeds of 1823 are involved. Constable Williams is
a player and things are changing.
But Jane! What is it about the feral girl Jane that calls to me? She is a killer when the need arises, swift and merciless. Yet she is that innocent waif robbed of childhood. And a new addition, Martha. What is it about the child Martha and why does Catherine Shields, the woman who’s taken Jane in, warn Jane about the girl child? Jane sees her younger self, but what does Catherine see? Alongside this is, a subplot of Jane being threatened by and in turn threatening a bully, Big Tom. This too plays into the overall story.
There’s the death of a thief, a sniff of the army and some mysterious articles, indeed startling objects are discovered.
Things are coming out of the dark and being revealed, others remain a mystery or the property of the dark they’ve always been.
Once again this Nickson mystery series set in Regency / Victorian Leeds is a tightly woven, stimulating and addictive read.
A Severn House ARC via NetGalley
But Jane! What is it about the feral girl Jane that calls to me? She is a killer when the need arises, swift and merciless. Yet she is that innocent waif robbed of childhood. And a new addition, Martha. What is it about the child Martha and why does Catherine Shields, the woman who’s taken Jane in, warn Jane about the girl child? Jane sees her younger self, but what does Catherine see? Alongside this is, a subplot of Jane being threatened by and in turn threatening a bully, Big Tom. This too plays into the overall story.
There’s the death of a thief, a sniff of the army and some mysterious articles, indeed startling objects are discovered.
Things are coming out of the dark and being revealed, others remain a mystery or the property of the dark they’ve always been.
Once again this Nickson mystery series set in Regency / Victorian Leeds is a tightly woven, stimulating and addictive read.
A Severn House ARC via NetGalley
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