Gods of Gold

<p><i>June 1890.</i> Leeds is close to breaking point. The gas workers are on strike. Supplies are dangerously low. Factories and businesses are closing; the lamps are going unlit at night.<br><br>Detective Inspector Tom Harper has more urgent matters on his mind. The beat constable claims eight-year-old Martha Parkinson has disappeared. Her father insists she''s visiting an aunt in Halifax - but Harper doesn''t believe him. When Col Parkinson is found dead the following morning, the case takes on an increasing desperation.<br><br>But then Harper''s search for Martha is interrupted by the murder of a replacement gas worker, stabbed to death outside the Town Hall while surrounded by a hostile mob. Pushed to find a quick solution, Harper discovers that there''s more to this killing than meets the eye - and that there may be a connection to Martha''s disappearance.</p>