Chris Nickson
@chrisnickson2.bsky.social
Writer of Leeds historical crime. Lover of my city. Reader. Allotmenteer. Coming April 2025: No Precious Truth
Please don't forget about me. Just £4.99 on Kindle ($6.99 US) and out in paperback next week. This book wants to go home with you. It makes a great Xmas present, too.
November 13, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Please don't forget about me. Just £4.99 on Kindle ($6.99 US) and out in paperback next week. This book wants to go home with you. It makes a great Xmas present, too.
Apparently the BBC (through an indepndent company) was making a programme about Reform, to be hosted by Laura Kuenssberg. The party (ltd) pulled out.
But BBC, don't you platform them enough as it is?
But BBC, don't you platform them enough as it is?
November 12, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Apparently the BBC (through an indepndent company) was making a programme about Reform, to be hosted by Laura Kuenssberg. The party (ltd) pulled out.
But BBC, don't you platform them enough as it is?
But BBC, don't you platform them enough as it is?
Any other authors getting AI generated book PR emails on their recently published books? I've had three this week, two of them today!
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Any other authors getting AI generated book PR emails on their recently published books? I've had three this week, two of them today!
Some people feel I belong behind bars...
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Some people feel I belong behind bars...
A week on Friday I'm going to be at the lovely Bookshop on the Square in Otley. It's a great place and you'll canpick up paperback copies of No Precious Truth for Christmas.
A free event in a wonderful shop - what's not to like? Just book ahead if you can.
www.ticketsource.com/whats-on/otl...
A free event in a wonderful shop - what's not to like? Just book ahead if you can.
www.ticketsource.com/whats-on/otl...
www.ticketsource.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:15 AM
A week on Friday I'm going to be at the lovely Bookshop on the Square in Otley. It's a great place and you'll canpick up paperback copies of No Precious Truth for Christmas.
A free event in a wonderful shop - what's not to like? Just book ahead if you can.
www.ticketsource.com/whats-on/otl...
A free event in a wonderful shop - what's not to like? Just book ahead if you can.
www.ticketsource.com/whats-on/otl...
I have some big book news for you - read all about it! Plus a link to some free fiction.
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Big News
A couple of weeks ago, all my waiting, staying on tenterhooks was rewarded. My publisher offered me a new two-book contract. I’m waiting for the paperwork, but it’s all settled, with pl…
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November 11, 2025 at 9:56 AM
I have some big book news for you - read all about it! Plus a link to some free fiction.
chrisnickson.co.uk/2025/11/11/b...
chrisnickson.co.uk/2025/11/11/b...
Trump has apparently filed his suit against the BBC in Florida, as the statute of limitations has expired in the UK. Would a US court have jurisdiction, lawyers?
November 11, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Trump has apparently filed his suit against the BBC in Florida, as the statute of limitations has expired in the UK. Would a US court have jurisdiction, lawyers?
COTUS has done one good thing, rejecting the hatred of Kim Davis and her homophobic friends. Let's hope that's an end to it.
November 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
COTUS has done one good thing, rejecting the hatred of Kim Davis and her homophobic friends. Let's hope that's an end to it.
You know what's coming next month, don't you? THAT day. What better than a book, a WW2 thriller with a woman police sergeant seconded to the Special Investigation Branch? Make yourself popular and give this. The paperback is out this month, just £9.99, and the Kindle book is just £4.99.
November 7, 2025 at 2:48 PM
You know what's coming next month, don't you? THAT day. What better than a book, a WW2 thriller with a woman police sergeant seconded to the Special Investigation Branch? Make yourself popular and give this. The paperback is out this month, just £9.99, and the Kindle book is just £4.99.
Just arrived and out in paperback on the 20th. You'll love it ; the reviewers did. A perfect Christmas gift and only a tenner. Why not order from your local independent book shop? They will appreciate it and so will I.
You know what to do
You know what to do
November 4, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Just arrived and out in paperback on the 20th. You'll love it ; the reviewers did. A perfect Christmas gift and only a tenner. Why not order from your local independent book shop? They will appreciate it and so will I.
You know what to do
You know what to do
For the next two Saturday afternoons I'm going to be at the Leeds Library (on Commercial St) discussing my different Leeds series. This week it's Richard Nottingham and Simon Westow. Next week, Tom Harper, Cathy Marsden, and Dan Markham.
Get your ticket here: events.humanitix.com/a-cuppa-with...
Get your ticket here: events.humanitix.com/a-cuppa-with...
A cuppa with Chris Nickson - the Richard Nottingham & Simon Westow series
An intimate reading & chat with Chris Nickson
events.humanitix.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:14 AM
For the next two Saturday afternoons I'm going to be at the Leeds Library (on Commercial St) discussing my different Leeds series. This week it's Richard Nottingham and Simon Westow. Next week, Tom Harper, Cathy Marsden, and Dan Markham.
Get your ticket here: events.humanitix.com/a-cuppa-with...
Get your ticket here: events.humanitix.com/a-cuppa-with...
£4.99 on Kindle ($6.99 US)? Seriously?? Why wouldn't you? That equivalent to two cups of coffee and it'll satisfy you more.
That's a guarantee.
You know the assignment.
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That's a guarantee.
You know the assignment.
shorturl.at/Uc7XP
No Precious Truth (A Cathy Marsden Thriller) eBook : Nickson, Chris: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
No Precious Truth (A Cathy Marsden Thriller) eBook : Nickson, Chris: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
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November 3, 2025 at 1:53 PM
£4.99 on Kindle ($6.99 US)? Seriously?? Why wouldn't you? That equivalent to two cups of coffee and it'll satisfy you more.
That's a guarantee.
You know the assignment.
shorturl.at/Uc7XP
That's a guarantee.
You know the assignment.
shorturl.at/Uc7XP
Scruffy would be incredibly grateful if you could celebrate Halloween by buying the Kindle version of A Rage Of Sould for just £7.99 ($9.99 US). After all, it features a man pardoned from the gallows...
Get it here: shorturl.at/vj9e4
Please, don't let Scruffy down.
Get it here: shorturl.at/vj9e4
Please, don't let Scruffy down.
October 31, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Scruffy would be incredibly grateful if you could celebrate Halloween by buying the Kindle version of A Rage Of Sould for just £7.99 ($9.99 US). After all, it features a man pardoned from the gallows...
Get it here: shorturl.at/vj9e4
Please, don't let Scruffy down.
Get it here: shorturl.at/vj9e4
Please, don't let Scruffy down.
Simon Westow wants to make sure you don't miss the Kindle version of A Rage Of Souls on sale for £7.99 ($9.99 US).
You can find it here: shorturl.at/vj9e4
You can find it here: shorturl.at/vj9e4
October 30, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Simon Westow wants to make sure you don't miss the Kindle version of A Rage Of Souls on sale for £7.99 ($9.99 US).
You can find it here: shorturl.at/vj9e4
You can find it here: shorturl.at/vj9e4
Scruffy really feels you should buy A Rage Of Souls. Not just because the Kindle edition is currently just £7.99 ($9.99 US), but because it's very good.
You wouldn't want to make sweet little Scruffy sad, would you?
Find it here: shorturl.at/UE6Lp
You wouldn't want to make sweet little Scruffy sad, would you?
Find it here: shorturl.at/UE6Lp
October 28, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Scruffy really feels you should buy A Rage Of Souls. Not just because the Kindle edition is currently just £7.99 ($9.99 US), but because it's very good.
You wouldn't want to make sweet little Scruffy sad, would you?
Find it here: shorturl.at/UE6Lp
You wouldn't want to make sweet little Scruffy sad, would you?
Find it here: shorturl.at/UE6Lp
I'm incredibly happy that my lovely publisher, Severn House, has offered me a new two-book contract.
This means that in 2027 there will be a third Cathy Marsden book (the second comes out next April) and you'll be saying hello to Virginia Cooper and Asa Daniels....
Can you tell I'm happy?
This means that in 2027 there will be a third Cathy Marsden book (the second comes out next April) and you'll be saying hello to Virginia Cooper and Asa Daniels....
Can you tell I'm happy?
October 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I'm incredibly happy that my lovely publisher, Severn House, has offered me a new two-book contract.
This means that in 2027 there will be a third Cathy Marsden book (the second comes out next April) and you'll be saying hello to Virginia Cooper and Asa Daniels....
Can you tell I'm happy?
This means that in 2027 there will be a third Cathy Marsden book (the second comes out next April) and you'll be saying hello to Virginia Cooper and Asa Daniels....
Can you tell I'm happy?
Seriously? Just £7.99 ($9.99 US) for the Kindle edition of A Rage Of Souls?
"twists and turns...with added layers of insight" (Yorkshire Bylines)
"a powerful book" (Promoting Crime Fiction)
"a first-rate, complex mystery" (Kirkus)
Find out for yourself right here: shorturl.at/Viv8Z
"twists and turns...with added layers of insight" (Yorkshire Bylines)
"a powerful book" (Promoting Crime Fiction)
"a first-rate, complex mystery" (Kirkus)
Find out for yourself right here: shorturl.at/Viv8Z
Amazon.co.uk
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October 27, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Seriously? Just £7.99 ($9.99 US) for the Kindle edition of A Rage Of Souls?
"twists and turns...with added layers of insight" (Yorkshire Bylines)
"a powerful book" (Promoting Crime Fiction)
"a first-rate, complex mystery" (Kirkus)
Find out for yourself right here: shorturl.at/Viv8Z
"twists and turns...with added layers of insight" (Yorkshire Bylines)
"a powerful book" (Promoting Crime Fiction)
"a first-rate, complex mystery" (Kirkus)
Find out for yourself right here: shorturl.at/Viv8Z
Very glad to see the Trump tribute act beaten in Wales.
October 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Very glad to see the Trump tribute act beaten in Wales.
For the afternoon/morning crowd, some big Cathy Marsden news (and a real bargain on No Precious Truth)
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Lots More Cathy Marsden
Two big Cathy Marsden pieces for you. The first is that the second book with her, The Faces Of The Dead, will be out next April. Here’s a taste of the opening: Leeds, late March, 1944 ‘This h…
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October 23, 2025 at 12:51 PM
For the afternoon/morning crowd, some big Cathy Marsden news (and a real bargain on No Precious Truth)
chrisnickson.co.uk/2025/10/23/l...
chrisnickson.co.uk/2025/10/23/l...
Big news for fans of Cathy Marsden, including a real bargain. Read all about it.
chrisnickson.co.uk/2025/10/23/l...
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October 23, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Big news for fans of Cathy Marsden, including a real bargain. Read all about it.
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chrisnickson.co.uk/2025/10/23/l...
A couple of slightly different events next month at the beautiful Leeds Library. Small chats, first one about the Richard Nottignham and Simon Westow series, the second about Tom Harper, Cathy Marsden, and Dan Markham. You'll hear a lot you don't know. Book here: events.humanitix.com/a-cuppa-with...
A cuppa with Chris Nickson - the Tom Harper, Cathy Marsden, Dan Markham series
An intimate reading & chat with Chris Nickson
events.humanitix.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:31 AM
A couple of slightly different events next month at the beautiful Leeds Library. Small chats, first one about the Richard Nottignham and Simon Westow series, the second about Tom Harper, Cathy Marsden, and Dan Markham. You'll hear a lot you don't know. Book here: events.humanitix.com/a-cuppa-with...
Between the Covers on A Rage Of Souls
"Chris Nickson at his best – complex, compelling and, above all. compassionate" with " a deep sense of poetry in the book, not just in the words, but in the juxtaposition of images."
Read it : fullybooked2017.com/2025/10/03/a...
Buy the book: shorturl.at/jDLtp
"Chris Nickson at his best – complex, compelling and, above all. compassionate" with " a deep sense of poetry in the book, not just in the words, but in the juxtaposition of images."
Read it : fullybooked2017.com/2025/10/03/a...
Buy the book: shorturl.at/jDLtp
A RAGE OF SOULS . . . Between the covers
This begins as one of the most baffling and impenetrable of Simon Westow’s cases. We are in Leeds, 1826. He solves a case of fraud, the fraudster is sentence to hang, but reprieved. He then r…
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October 21, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Between the Covers on A Rage Of Souls
"Chris Nickson at his best – complex, compelling and, above all. compassionate" with " a deep sense of poetry in the book, not just in the words, but in the juxtaposition of images."
Read it : fullybooked2017.com/2025/10/03/a...
Buy the book: shorturl.at/jDLtp
"Chris Nickson at his best – complex, compelling and, above all. compassionate" with " a deep sense of poetry in the book, not just in the words, but in the juxtaposition of images."
Read it : fullybooked2017.com/2025/10/03/a...
Buy the book: shorturl.at/jDLtp
A book review to whet your appetite This.
"It’s a great story, with the twists and turns we’ve come to expect from Chris Nickson, with added layers of insight into some really big issues..."
Read the whole thing here: yorkshirebylines.co.uk/society/cult...
then see for yourself: shorturl.at/jDLtp
"It’s a great story, with the twists and turns we’ve come to expect from Chris Nickson, with added layers of insight into some really big issues..."
Read the whole thing here: yorkshirebylines.co.uk/society/cult...
then see for yourself: shorturl.at/jDLtp
Book review: A Rage of Souls by Chris Nickson
Nickson brings Westow’s story to its conclusion in this latest tale of Georgian Leeds
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
October 20, 2025 at 1:33 PM
A book review to whet your appetite This.
"It’s a great story, with the twists and turns we’ve come to expect from Chris Nickson, with added layers of insight into some really big issues..."
Read the whole thing here: yorkshirebylines.co.uk/society/cult...
then see for yourself: shorturl.at/jDLtp
"It’s a great story, with the twists and turns we’ve come to expect from Chris Nickson, with added layers of insight into some really big issues..."
Read the whole thing here: yorkshirebylines.co.uk/society/cult...
then see for yourself: shorturl.at/jDLtp
" a powerful book, with superb historical details, and strong, believable characters... a complex plot that never flinches away from telling unpalatable truths... the themes explored in A Rage of Souls are timeless and universal. " Maybe you need to read it...
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October 20, 2025 at 7:18 AM
" a powerful book, with superb historical details, and strong, believable characters... a complex plot that never flinches away from telling unpalatable truths... the themes explored in A Rage of Souls are timeless and universal. " Maybe you need to read it...
shorturl.at/jDLtp
shorturl.at/jDLtp
For the afternoon/morning crowd: how would you like a special book offer. I don't have just one from you, but TWO!
Read the blog and find out...you can save some money and help out an author.
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Read the blog and find out...you can save some money and help out an author.
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A Week After Publication And A Special Offer
A Rage Of Souls has been out in the world for just over a week. I’m grateful to everyone who’s bought it and (hopefully) enjoyed the book. I’ve attempted some wit in marketing it in photos, puns ar…
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October 15, 2025 at 1:15 PM
For the afternoon/morning crowd: how would you like a special book offer. I don't have just one from you, but TWO!
Read the blog and find out...you can save some money and help out an author.
chrisnickson.co.uk/2025/10/15/a...
Read the blog and find out...you can save some money and help out an author.
chrisnickson.co.uk/2025/10/15/a...