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June, 1890. The gas workers are on strike and Leeds is close to breaking point. Detective Inspector Tom Harper is more concerned with the disappearance of 8-year-old Martha Parkinson. Then he discovers that there may be a connection between Martha's disappearance and the murder of a replacement gas worker, stabbed to death outside the Town Hall.
Leeds, 1891. An unclaimed parcel at the Central Post Office is discovered to contain the decomposing body of a baby boy. At the same time, a woman's body is found at Leeds' railway station, stabbed to death. Was the dead woman's involvement in the local suffragist movement connected with her death? And is there a connection with the dead baby boy?
Leeds, 1895. After his release from prison, Henry White is found stabbed to death on Copper Street. In a neighbourhood where people are hostile to the police, DI Tom Harper finds the investigation tricky. Meanwhile, acid is thrown over a young boy in a local bakery. Harper must uncover the motives in these cases to catch the culprits.
Standing for election as a Poor Law Guardian, Tom Harper's wife Annabelle and the other female candidates have been receiving anonymous, threatening letters. The threats turn deadly with carefully-targeted explosions. The only clue Harper has is a scrap of paper containing a fragment from an old folk song. But what is its significance?
DS Tom Harper helps his colleague Billy Reid after his brother, Charlie, commits suicide. Could crippling rent increases have been the cause? As Harper investigates, a web of intimidation and corruption is linked to a mysterious company in Leeds, which could be bringing misery and violence to the people of the city. But who is behind the company?