- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: Creme de la Crime (26 Jan 2012)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1780295057
- ISBN-13: 978-1780295053
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,932,857 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Format:Hardcover
COLD CRUEL WINTER by Chris Nickson is an 18th century noir mystery offering superb characterization, excellent period detail and masterful plotting. Nickson writes with authenticity for his native Leeds and his period and great humanity for his characters. The outcome isn't always what one would wish for--but neither is life. The ending is satisfying and you feel, "That's the way it really could have been."
Format:Hardcover
Readers of The Broken Token, the first in this series, will already know that Chris Nickson's books are driven by the warmth of characters rather than the crimes. It's the people who strive through hardship, the Constable of Leeds - Richard Nottingham - along with his family and friends that you will engage with. You don't have to have read the first book in the series to enjoy this one but I suspect you'll invest in it once you have!
This story is set in an extremely cold winter in Leeds in the year 1732. All around the city the poor are dying from the cold and starvation. The ground is too hard to bury the bodies and a shadow of darkness has fallen over Richard Nottingham and his family, stripping the light from their lives.
Then when the Constable's Deputy, Sedgewick finds a man brutally murdered Nottingham realises that he is up against a killer that is just as cold and cruel as the winter they are trying to survive. As Nottingham comes closer to finding the killer he walks a dark path where he questions his faith in God and what action he can take in the name of justice yet still remain a good man.
Many of the characters from the first book return in the second, but be prepared for the unexpected as some of the new characters take a chilling toll on their lives. Chrs Nickson has a gift for dialogue, it flows naturally as he selectively slides in a few colloquialisms from that era to add to the sense of time and place. But it's the freezing impact of that winter on the poor that will melt the hardest soul, as the descriptions of what the Constable and his men encounter every day take their toll.
This story is set in an extremely cold winter in Leeds in the year 1732. All around the city the poor are dying from the cold and starvation. The ground is too hard to bury the bodies and a shadow of darkness has fallen over Richard Nottingham and his family, stripping the light from their lives.
Then when the Constable's Deputy, Sedgewick finds a man brutally murdered Nottingham realises that he is up against a killer that is just as cold and cruel as the winter they are trying to survive. As Nottingham comes closer to finding the killer he walks a dark path where he questions his faith in God and what action he can take in the name of justice yet still remain a good man.
Many of the characters from the first book return in the second, but be prepared for the unexpected as some of the new characters take a chilling toll on their lives. Chrs Nickson has a gift for dialogue, it flows naturally as he selectively slides in a few colloquialisms from that era to add to the sense of time and place. But it's the freezing impact of that winter on the poor that will melt the hardest soul, as the descriptions of what the Constable and his men encounter every day take their toll.
Format:Hardcover
I was blown over with the first book 'Broken Token'.
This one is even better.
The characters are believable and likeable. The plot well crafted.
I didn't put the book down.... simply read it from to cover in one sitting.
If you are from West Yorkshire or like historical novels or a jolly good detective story then this is must.
This one is even better.
The characters are believable and likeable. The plot well crafted.
I didn't put the book down.... simply read it from to cover in one sitting.
If you are from West Yorkshire or like historical novels or a jolly good detective story then this is must.
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The plot will carry you away
Cold Cruel Winter is the second in the Richard Nottingham series by Chris Nickson. The novel focuses on the events that take place during the winter months drawing the reader into... Read more
Published 12 months ago by DJ Kirkby
A Must Read!! Expertly Told Crime Drama With A Difference.
Set in 1732 during one of the harshest winters the city of Leeds has ever seen, the book opens with a man seeking revenge and where only murder will settle the debt. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Laydilejur
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