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1780296975 
Book The molten city; Chris Nickson
Year: 2021
Language: English
Type: Book
Class Number: CRIME
Category: Fiction
Publisher: Severn House, 2021
Physical or Electronic: Physical
ISBN: 9781780296975
Notes:
Leeds, 1908. Detective Superintendent Tom Harper has received an anonymous letter claiming that a young boy called Andrew Sharp was stolen from his family fourteen years before. But why was the disappearance ignored? Harper is drawn deep into the dark underworld of child-snatching, corruption and murder as Leeds becomes a molten, rioting city.
Series: A Tom Harper mystery, 8
Extent: 224 pages, 22 cm, pbk
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