Saturday, July 31, 2021

Twelve great British crime novels

Crime Fiction Lover assembled a list of twelve great UK crime novels from twelve great British cities, including:
Leeds – Dark Briggate Blues by Chris Nickson

The Yorkshire metropolis of Leeds – once a city of the finest woollens – has re-invented itself in the last two decades with glamorous shopping, lovely bars and restaurants, while never forgetting its history. How could it with author Chris Nickson having written several historical crime novels set during different periods, in the city. The funkiest must be Dark Briggate Blues, which has a noir-ish feel to it and is set in the 1950s. Dan Markham is a bit like Leeds’ own Mike Hammer and after serving in military intelligence he’s become a PI. What begins as an infidelity job turns into a murder case – the murder of the man Markham was surveilling!
Read about another entry on the list.

--Marshal Zeringue