Striking Murder

by A.J. Wright

Book Overview

1893. Wigan is in the grip of a devastating national miners' strike and a harsh winter. Arthur Morris, a wealthy colliery owner whose intransigence on miners' pay is the main cause of the strike, is found brutally murdered in Scholes, a rough working-class district where he is universally hated and blamed for the grinding hardship the strike is causing. Detective Sergeant Slevin is tasked with finding the murderer and when a mysterious stranger is...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0749019441
• ISBN13: 9780749019440
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Allison & Busby
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 7.7"