The dead will rise /
Nickson, Chris,
The dead will rise / Chris Nickson. - 234 pages ; 23 cm. - The Simon Westow mysteries . - Nickson, Chris. Simon Westow mysteries. .
"Leeds. April, 1824. Wealthy engineer Joseph Clark employs thief-taker Simon Westow to find the men who stole the buried corpse of Catherine Jordan, his employee's daughter. Simon is stunned and horrified to realize there's a gang of body snatchers in Leeds. He needs to discover who bought Catherine's body and where it is now. As he hunts for answers, he learns that a number of corpses have vanished from graveyards in the town. Can Simon and his assistant Jane bring the brutal, violent Resurrection men who are selling the dead to medical schools to justice and give some peace to the bereft families?"--
9781448310197 1448310199
Private investigators--England--Fiction.
Body snatching--Fiction.
Leeds (England)--History--19th century--Fiction.
Great Britain--History--George IV, 1820-1830--Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Historical fiction.
Novels.
The dead will rise / Chris Nickson. - 234 pages ; 23 cm. - The Simon Westow mysteries . - Nickson, Chris. Simon Westow mysteries. .
"Leeds. April, 1824. Wealthy engineer Joseph Clark employs thief-taker Simon Westow to find the men who stole the buried corpse of Catherine Jordan, his employee's daughter. Simon is stunned and horrified to realize there's a gang of body snatchers in Leeds. He needs to discover who bought Catherine's body and where it is now. As he hunts for answers, he learns that a number of corpses have vanished from graveyards in the town. Can Simon and his assistant Jane bring the brutal, violent Resurrection men who are selling the dead to medical schools to justice and give some peace to the bereft families?"--
9781448310197 1448310199
Private investigators--England--Fiction.
Body snatching--Fiction.
Leeds (England)--History--19th century--Fiction.
Great Britain--History--George IV, 1820-1830--Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Historical fiction.
Novels.