2003
First Published
3.67
Average Rating
288
Number of Pages
Part of Series
Earnshaw’s mill is one of the last remnants of Bradfield’s glorious industrial past; however times are changing and Earnshaw’s future is hanging in the balance. Staff cuts need to be made if the mill is going to survive but the union is unhappy and its members are threatening strike action. With racial tensions already running high throughout the city, the prospect of mass redundancies at the heart of Bradfield’s Muslim community could cause even more trouble. The Earnshaw family’s problems spiral out of control when they discover that their son Simon has been murdered. As Michael Thackeray’s team investigate the death the mill is left teetering on the brink. And as the increasing popular far right political group the British Patriotic Party start campaigning for local elections violence spills on the streets of the city and it isn’t long before areas of Bradfield go up in flames.
Avg Rating
3.67
Number of Ratings
36
5 STARS
22%
4 STARS
33%
3 STARS
36%
2 STARS
6%
1 STARS
3%
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Author
Patricia Hall
Author · 24 books
Patricia Hall is the pen-name of journalist Maureen O'Connor. She was born and brought up in West Yorkshire, which is where she has chosen to set her acclaimed series of novels featuring reporter Laura Ackroyd and DCI Michael Thackeray. She is married, with two grown-up sons, and now lives in Oxford.
