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July, 1732. Richard Nottingham, Constable of the City of Leeds investigates the murder of a young woman found among the ruins of Kirkstall Abbey.We are offering you the chance to read Chaps 1 & 2 for free! Download the PDF below, and Tweet @severnhouse to let us know what you think.

Vultures at Twilight
Charles Atkins

Best friends Lillian Campbell and Ada Strauss are looking forward to a quiet retirement of antique collecting. But when their friend, Evie, dies, the pair are immersed in a world of long-held resentments, secrets, rogue antique dealers . . . and murderous intent.

Guilt Trip
Judith Cutler

Antiques dealer Lina Townend is delighted when her business partner and dear friend Griff Tripp is begged to appear in a local amateur production. But when a series of pranks played on the cast of Curtain Call turn nasty, Lina wonders if the play's name could be a terrible omen . . .

Tall Poppies
Janet Woods

Dorset, 1917. If it's not enough that a girl from a good background is forced to work as a maid, Livia Carr is then violated by her master and falls pregnant. But help unexpectedly comes from her attacker's son, Richard, a WWI hero who is not expected to live much longer.