1940s Leeds: as the war rages around them, can Policewoman Lottie Armstrong stop a blackout killer with a taste for murder? 1944: Twenty years after WPC Lottie Armstrong was dismissed from Leeds police for insubordination, she’s back, now a member of the Women’s Auxiliary Police Corps and driving for her old boss. Detective Chief Superintendent McMillan is now head of CID, trying to keep order with a depleted force as crime keeps growing. But when the body of a young woman is found among the ruins of Kirkstall Abbey, things take a darker turn. The next night the corpse of another young woman is found. Both are in the service. Both have been shot by an American pistol. But every answer Lottie and McMillan breed more questions. As the Second World War rages around them, can they stop a blackout killer with a taste for murder? AUTHOR: Chris Nickson is the author of the Richard Nottingham series (Severn House). A well-known music journalist, he’s written many celebrity biographies as well as being a frequent contributor to numerous music magazines. He lives in Leeds. SELLING POINTS: . The thrilling sequel to Modern Crimes . ‘Chris Nickson’s cinematic prose is captivating, with a wonderfully drawn private eye; this page - turner is packed with tension, period detail and thrills’ - Maureen Carter, creator of the critically acclaimed DS Bev Morriss Mystery series . Well-known Leeds author . ‘Signing up as an auxiliary policewoman twenty years after she left the force, Lottie’s emotions contrast tellingly with the uncertainties of the home front and the solving of a chilling set of murders’, Jan Jones, award-winning author