Skin Like Silver (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780727885708)

The third intriguing historical mystery to feature Detective Inspector Tom Harper

Leeds, England. October, 1891. An unclaimed parcel at the Central Post Office is discovered to contain the decomposing body of a baby boy. It's a gruesome case for DI Tom Harper. Then a fire during the night destroys half the railway station. The next day a woman's body is found in the rubble. But Catherine Carr didn't die in the blaze: she'd been stabbed to death - and Harper has to find her killer.
The estranged wife of a wealthy industrialist, Catherine had been involved with the Leeds Suffragist Society, demanding votes for women, the same organization for which Harper's wife Annabelle has just become a speaker. Were Catherine's politics the cause of her death? Or is the husband she abandoned behind it? But when her brother escapes from the asylum and steals a shotgun, Harper has to race to find the answers.

Author: Chris Nickson
ISBN-10: 0727885707
ISBN-13: 9780727885708
Publisher: Severn House
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2016
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.70h x 5.70w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2016
Publishers Weekly 01/18/2016
Booklist 02/01/2016 pg. 27
Library Journal 03/01/2016 pg. 86