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I'm a novelist and music journalist, the author of many books set between the 1730s and 1950s in Leeds, as well as others in medieval Chesterfield and 1980s Seattle.

Above all, though, its Leeds I love, the people, the sense of the place changing with time. Yes, I write mysteries, but ultmiateoly they're books about people and their relationships, and the crime becomes a moral framework for the story. ...more

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Love The Westover books. Jane is a very interesting character. Her story is tragic at the beginning, but she has enough resistance to become strong yet lonely and more vulnerable than she will admit. My question is, will you write more stories that include her?r. Would you consider a standalone book about her?
Chris Nickson There's another Simon Westow book that will appear next year, and Jane features prominently in that, growing and changing. So I guess yes is the answe…moreThere's another Simon Westow book that will appear next year, and Jane features prominently in that, growing and changing. So I guess yes is the answer to your first question. As to the second, given the way society was back then, I don't think she'd be able to do this work along. She and Simon both contribute things that make the whole greatyer than the sum of its parts. I love her - and she terrifies me - but I don't think she can carry a book alone.(less)
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Chris Nickson I'm currently revising what will be the seventh Tom Harper novel. This summer The Dead On Leave will appear, a standalone set in Leeds in the 1930s. T…moreI'm currently revising what will be the seventh Tom Harper novel. This summer The Dead On Leave will appear, a standalone set in Leeds in the 1930s. The end of September will see The Hanging Psalm, the first in (I hope) a new series, talking place in the 1820s and featuring Simon Westow, a Leeds thief-taker and his his enigmatic and deadly young assistant, Jane.(less)
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A Rare Record Review – Jon Palmer

It’s not often I post an album review on here. After all, these days I don’t do much music writing at all, such a contrast to 30 years ago. But there is something I wanted to highlight, an upcoming release (November 20), All The Day Long Day by fairly local musician Jon Palmer. He’s best-known for touring around with his acoustic band, but this solo release gives him a chance to spread his musical

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