Love reading books set in, or mentioning, places in and around Leeds? Here are some favourites and some you may not know to whet your appetite.


0: Started early, took my dog by Kate Atkinson
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1: The broken token by Chris Nickson
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2: Dirty Leeds by Robert Endeacott
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3: The harrowing by Robert Dinsdale
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4: A woman of substance by Barbara Taylor Bradford
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5: 1983 by David Peace
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6: A woman unknown by Frances Brody
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7: The cupid effect by Dorothy Koomson
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8: The constant lovers by Chris Nickson
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9: Come the fear by Chris Nickson
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10: Cold cruel winter by Chris Nickson
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11: Bad boy by Peter Robinson
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12: The History of Button Hill by Gordon Stowell
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13: The Damned United by David Peace
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14: We are all made of glue by Marina Lewycka
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15: 1974 by David Peace
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16: 1977 by David Peace
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17: The Seven Days of Peter Crumb by Jonny Glynn
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18: Some by fire by Stuart Pawson
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19: Dead right by Peter Robinson
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20: Star of the sea by Joseph O'Connor
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21: Manoeuvres, The Book of Leeds by Tom Palmer
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22: The knife that killed me by Anthony McGowan
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23: Market Forces, The Book of Leeds by Shamshad Khan
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24: Windyridge by Willie Riley
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25: The mistress of Alderley by Robert Barnard
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26: A stranger in the family by Robert Barnard
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27: Aftermath by Peter Robinson
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28: Perseverance Street by Ken McCoy
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29: Cobblestone heroes by Ken McCoy
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30: A medal for murder by Frances Brody
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0: Started early, took my dog by Kate Atkinson

Location: Merrion Centre

Witnesses to Tracy's outrageous exchange in the Merrion Centre in Leeds are Tilly, an elderly actress teetering on the brink of her own disaster, and Jackson Brodie who has returned to his home county in search of someone else's roots. All three characters learn that the past is never history and that no good deed goes unpunished   
 
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1: The broken token by Chris Nickson

Location: Briggate

Richard Nottingham is the Constable of Leeds. Set in the 1730s this is the first of several novels featuring Richard.

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2: Dirty Leeds by Robert Endeacott

Location: Elland Road

Dirty Leeds is a struggling industrialised city in the north of England. Dirty Leeds is the city's club, sometimes called a football team; its home ground Elland Road, rarely called a stadium.

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3: The harrowing by Robert Dinsdale

Location: Woodhouse


January, 1916. William Redmond, soon to join the Chapeltown Rifles, wanders with his younger brother Samuel through the old haunts of their childhood 

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4: A woman of substance by Barbara Taylor Bradford

Location: Armley

In 1905 a kitchen maid leaves Fairley Hall. Emma Harte is 16, single and pregnant. By 1968 she is one of the richest women in the world.

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5: 1983 by David Peace

Location: Millgarth police station

David Peace concludes his 'Red Riding Quartet' and once again the Ripper is the backdrop for a roller-coaster of fear and corruption

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6: A woman unknown by Frances Brody

Location: Metropole Hotel

Deirdre Fitzpatrick is married to a man who wants to know where she really goes when supposedly taking care of her sick mother and calls on the expertise of Kate Shackleton, amateur sleuth extraordinaire to investigate

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7: The cupid effect by Dorothy Koomson

Location: Headingley

After departing London to follow her heart's desire to become a psychology lecturer Ceri D'Altroy vows to leave her matchmaking ways behind her for good.......

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8: The constant lovers by Chris Nickson

Location: Kirkstall Abbey

July, 1732. An expensively dressed young woman is found stabbed to death among the ruins of Kirkstall Abbey, three miles outside Leeds. When the victim's husband eventually comes forward, his evidence throws up more questions than answers

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9: Come the fear by Chris Nickson

Location: The Calls


 
March, 1733. Fire rages through an empty house in a rundown area of Leeds. An accident, it would appear. But the investigation takes a disturbing turn with the discovery of the charred remains of a young woman and her baby amidst the smouldering ruins

 
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10: Cold cruel winter by Chris Nickson

Location: St John's Church

732. In Leeds the wealthy hoard their money and power, and the poor struggle to survive. Richard Nottingham, Constable of the City of Leeds, is grieving the death of his elder daughter, who has succumbed to the bitter cold and died of a fever.

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11: Bad boy by Peter Robinson

Location: Headingley

 
When Juliet Doyle discovers a gun in her daughter's bedroom, she turns to old friend DCI Alan Banks for advice. But Banks is taking a much-needed holiday, and it's left to DI Annie Cabbot to deal with the removal of the firearm.

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12: The History of Button Hill by Gordon Stowell

Location: Chapeltown. A fictional account of the history of Chapeltown, or 'New Leeds' as it was originally called, published in 1929
 
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13: The Damned United by David Peace

Location: Elland Road

 
A fictionalised account of Brian Clough's brief spell as manager of Leeds United football club in 1974.
 
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14: We are all made of glue by Marina Lewycka

Location: Kippax

Georgie Sinclair's husband has left her; her 16-year-old son is busy exploring fundamentalist Christian websites & becoming more distant by the day; & all those overdue articles aren't looking too appealing either. So when she spots Mrs Shapiro, an eccentric old Jewish neighbour, rummaging through her skip, it's just the distraction she needs.

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15: 1974 by David Peace

Location: Victoria Road


 The year is 1974, three girls are missing, the work of one man or more? Edward Dunford, correspondent for the Yorkshire Post, is putting the pieces together

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16: 1977 by David Peace

Location: Chapeltown


 
1977 is a blistering journey into the dark psyche of Yorkshire during the Yorkshire Ripper's notorious reign

 
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17: The Seven Days of Peter Crumb by Jonny Glynn

Location: Thackray Museum


 
Peter Crumb is a man whose life has been derailed by a single, devastating act of violence in the past. Now, in what he intends to be his last week.......

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18: Some by fire by Stuart Pawson

Location: Leeds University. Duncan Roberts was just 20, a student at Leeds University, when someone offered him the chance to make a lot of money by torching an empty building. Except that the building wasn't empty, and eight people died in the fire


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19: Dead right by Peter Robinson

Location: Pudsey


 
When a teenager is found kicked to death in an alley, the police first believe it to be a pub fight gone wrong. But DCI Banks and DC Gray learn that the victim was a member of a white power organisation, and that there are many who wanted to kill him

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20: Star of the sea by Joseph O'Connor

Location: Kirkstall

A maidservant with a devastating secret, bankrupt Lord Merridith and his family, an aspiring novelist, a maker of revolutionary ballads, all braving the Atlantic in search of a new home.

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21: Manoeuvres, The Book of Leeds by Tom Palmer

Location: Boar Lane
Outside it is twilight. Women and men herd through the bottoms of canyons between man-made brick and concrete structures under the shadow of the stalagmite church on Boar Lane.
 
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22: The knife that killed me by Anthony McGowan

Location: Temple Newsam
Paul Varderman could be at any normal school - bullies, girls & teachers are just a part of life. Unfortunately 'normal' doesn't apply when it comes to the school's most evil bully, Roth, a twisted & threatening thug.

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23: Market Forces, The Book of Leeds by Shamshad Khan

Location: Kirkgate Fish Market
Like some luminous fish, some word, some places and smells hit and linger longer than other. Leeds fish market

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24: Windyridge by Willie Riley

Location: Hawksworth (Windyridge)


 
A charming tale of Yorkshire village life, it is the story of Grace Holden, a young woman from London who feels the 'pull of the heather' and moves to the isolated Yorkshire village of Windyridge. Featuring a cast of Yorkshire characters as well as locations based on real Yorkshire moors and villages, Windyridge became one of the bestselling first novels of its time. 

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25: The mistress of Alderley by Robert Barnard

Location: Leeds Playhouse. Caroline Fawley lives in the Yorkshire village of Alderley. Her wealthy boyfriend keeps her in the lap of luxury. Life couldn't get much better. When her boyfriend goes missing and a body turns up, her idyllic life is shattered.
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26: A stranger in the family by Robert Barnard

Location: Leeds Police Station
Abducted aged three, Kit Philipson grew up adored by his adoptive parents but as 'mother' lay dying she reveals her secret giving him his real family's name. His search for truth sees him question the morality of all around him
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27: Aftermath by Peter Robinson

Location: Headingley. Number 35 The Hill, a house in an ordinary street, owned by a seemingly ordinary young couple. When 2 constables investigate a a disturbance, they stumble upon a truly horrific scene
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28: Perseverance Street by Ken McCoy

Location: Roundhay Park
Lily Robinson on Perseverance Street, receives telegram telling her, at eight months pregnant and mother to three-year-old Michael, she must now face life as a widow. Acquaintances Bernard and Edith Oldroyd, hearing of her plight, offer to take Michael home with them for the weekend and Lily gratefully accepts. But to her horror, just days later, the Oldroyds disappear, along with her son
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29: Cobblestone heroes by Ken McCoy

Location: Royal Ordnance factory

When Susan, Jimmy and Billy Bairstow are found alive in their bombed home, they are nicknamed 'the miracle children'. But losing their parents and having to live with their Aunt Dorothy doesn't feel very lucky. Especially when, unable to cope with all three children, Dorothy sends Billy to an orphanage.

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30: A medal for murder by Frances Brody

Location: Lower Briggate


 
Kate Shackleton picks up her second professional sleuthing case. But exposing the culprit of a pawn-shop robbery turns sinister when her investigation takes her to Harrogate - and murder is only one step behind. A night at the theatre should have been just what the doctor ordered, until Kate stumbles across a body in the doorway

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