Chris Nickson
@chrisnickson2.bsky.social
Writer of Leeds historical crime. Lover of my city. Reader. Allotmenteer. Coming April 2025: No Precious Truth
On NetGalley? Then you can read The Faces Of The Dead before it's published in April (please leave a review).
"As the plot thickens, the storyline becomes ever more gripping, with danger lurking on every street corner in Leeds." Reviewer
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"As the plot thickens, the storyline becomes ever more gripping, with danger lurking on every street corner in Leeds." Reviewer
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The Faces of the Dead
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February 5, 2026 at 9:08 AM
On NetGalley? Then you can read The Faces Of The Dead before it's published in April (please leave a review).
"As the plot thickens, the storyline becomes ever more gripping, with danger lurking on every street corner in Leeds." Reviewer
www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
"As the plot thickens, the storyline becomes ever more gripping, with danger lurking on every street corner in Leeds." Reviewer
www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
The first time I heard this song by Chris Eckman, it left me speechless. Lyrically wonderful, the movement through the seasons, all those building moments of heartbreak without being maudlin, a soft, great chorus, it's close to perfect.
Slow down, take a few minutes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIuG...
Slow down, take a few minutes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIuG...
Chris Eckman 'Genevieve' (Official Video)
YouTube video by GlitterhouseTV
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February 4, 2026 at 2:27 PM
The first time I heard this song by Chris Eckman, it left me speechless. Lyrically wonderful, the movement through the seasons, all those building moments of heartbreak without being maudlin, a soft, great chorus, it's close to perfect.
Slow down, take a few minutes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIuG...
Slow down, take a few minutes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIuG...
For the afternoon crowd (or morning for those in the US). Fancy a little taste of something that won't be out for a long time?
It's 1862, and the Condeferates are in Leeds...
chrisnickson.co.uk/2026/02/04/a...
It's 1862, and the Condeferates are in Leeds...
chrisnickson.co.uk/2026/02/04/a...
A Taste Of Words To Come
I know I have a new book coming out in April. It’s called The Faces Of The Dead, and it’s the second Cathy Marsden thriller (and bloody good and tense, if I do say so myself). I truly h…
chrisnickson.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 1:48 PM
For the afternoon crowd (or morning for those in the US). Fancy a little taste of something that won't be out for a long time?
It's 1862, and the Condeferates are in Leeds...
chrisnickson.co.uk/2026/02/04/a...
It's 1862, and the Condeferates are in Leeds...
chrisnickson.co.uk/2026/02/04/a...
Fancy a tiny taste of words to come (next January)?
Then read on and step back into 1862 and meet the Cofederates in Yorkshire.
chrisnickson.co.uk/2026/02/04/a...
Then read on and step back into 1862 and meet the Cofederates in Yorkshire.
chrisnickson.co.uk/2026/02/04/a...
A Taste Of Words To Come
I know I have a new book coming out in April. It’s called The Faces Of The Dead, and it’s the second Cathy Marsden thriller (and bloody good and tense, if I do say so myself). I truly h…
chrisnickson.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Fancy a tiny taste of words to come (next January)?
Then read on and step back into 1862 and meet the Cofederates in Yorkshire.
chrisnickson.co.uk/2026/02/04/a...
Then read on and step back into 1862 and meet the Cofederates in Yorkshire.
chrisnickson.co.uk/2026/02/04/a...
After January stretching out for a year, the arrival of February with brighter skies is just what I need. An hour at the allotment, cleaning raised beds, pruning some of the raspberries and mounding up to be ready for potato planting. Exactly what I needed.
February 1, 2026 at 9:10 AM
After January stretching out for a year, the arrival of February with brighter skies is just what I need. An hour at the allotment, cleaning raised beds, pruning some of the raspberries and mounding up to be ready for potato planting. Exactly what I needed.
February and spring is close
February 1, 2026 at 8:59 AM
February and spring is close
Please, you know what to do. Every pre-order is a boost. With an independent bookshop if you can, but really, anywhere is good...thank you.
January 29, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Please, you know what to do. Every pre-order is a boost. With an independent bookshop if you can, but really, anywhere is good...thank you.
The perfect mix of compassion and outrage
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 7:17 PM
The perfect mix of compassion and outrage
Reposted by Chris Nickson
If you're on NetGalley, the second Cathy Marsden thriller is available to read and review (please!). Out April 7
Find it here: www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
Not on NetGalley? It's available to pre-order from your favourite bookseller.
Thank you!
Find it here: www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
Not on NetGalley? It's available to pre-order from your favourite bookseller.
Thank you!
The Faces of the Dead
NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...
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January 27, 2026 at 9:02 AM
If you're on NetGalley, the second Cathy Marsden thriller is available to read and review (please!). Out April 7
Find it here: www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
Not on NetGalley? It's available to pre-order from your favourite bookseller.
Thank you!
Find it here: www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
Not on NetGalley? It's available to pre-order from your favourite bookseller.
Thank you!
Ukrainians, Minnesotans. The definition of bravery.
January 25, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Ukrainians, Minnesotans. The definition of bravery.
Something powerful and indomitable here. As it says at the end, the line between there and here is thinner than you think. This will move you.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIfq...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIfq...
Apashe & Alina Pash - Kyiv
YouTube video by Apashe
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January 23, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Something powerful and indomitable here. As it says at the end, the line between there and here is thinner than you think. This will move you.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIfq...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIfq...
Trying to connect who we were way back when with the people we are today. Can we still see through those eyes, peer into that mind?
chrisnickson.co.uk/2026/01/21/i...
chrisnickson.co.uk/2026/01/21/i...
I Remember That Guy
Once upon a time I knew that young man in the picture above. Knew him pretty well, in fact. He was 17 then, living in Leeds, where he’d grown up, sitting at a friend’s house, smoking a cigarette, w…
chrisnickson.co.uk
January 21, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Trying to connect who we were way back when with the people we are today. Can we still see through those eyes, peer into that mind?
chrisnickson.co.uk/2026/01/21/i...
chrisnickson.co.uk/2026/01/21/i...
Trump's minions claim he's playing chess with his politics. Can he even play chess? Or draughts (checkers)?
January 19, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Trump's minions claim he's playing chess with his politics. Can he even play chess? Or draughts (checkers)?
Thank you so much to everyone of you who borrowed my books from the libraries. You have no idea how much it means.
January 19, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Thank you so much to everyone of you who borrowed my books from the libraries. You have no idea how much it means.
For writers and illustrators, the PLR statements are out, and...thank you, Public Lending Right.
January 19, 2026 at 10:43 AM
For writers and illustrators, the PLR statements are out, and...thank you, Public Lending Right.
Your very first clues. The Ascent Of Lies, coming early next year.
It's 1862, and the Confederates are in Yorkshire...
It's 1862, and the Confederates are in Yorkshire...
January 15, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Your very first clues. The Ascent Of Lies, coming early next year.
It's 1862, and the Confederates are in Yorkshire...
It's 1862, and the Confederates are in Yorkshire...
The Failed Tory Party, formerly Reform Ltd, formerly the Brexit Party, formerly UKIP.
January 12, 2026 at 4:24 PM
The Failed Tory Party, formerly Reform Ltd, formerly the Brexit Party, formerly UKIP.
The party of failed Tories. Hardly something to boast about, is it?
January 12, 2026 at 11:18 AM
The party of failed Tories. Hardly something to boast about, is it?
The truth is out there...certainly if you're on NetGalley. Reviewers can read the second Cathy Marsden novel, The Faces Of The Dead, before publication in April.
www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
Go get it (please).
www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
Go get it (please).
The Faces of the Dead
NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...
www.netgalley.com
January 12, 2026 at 10:24 AM
The truth is out there...certainly if you're on NetGalley. Reviewers can read the second Cathy Marsden novel, The Faces Of The Dead, before publication in April.
www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
Go get it (please).
www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
Go get it (please).
Gotta get down to it, soldiers are cutting us down
Should have been gone long ago
What if you knew her and found her dead on the ground
How can you run when you know?
Tin soldiers and Nixon coming
We're finally on our own
This summer I hear the drumming
Four dead in Ohio
RIP Renee Nicole Good
Should have been gone long ago
What if you knew her and found her dead on the ground
How can you run when you know?
Tin soldiers and Nixon coming
We're finally on our own
This summer I hear the drumming
Four dead in Ohio
RIP Renee Nicole Good
January 11, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Gotta get down to it, soldiers are cutting us down
Should have been gone long ago
What if you knew her and found her dead on the ground
How can you run when you know?
Tin soldiers and Nixon coming
We're finally on our own
This summer I hear the drumming
Four dead in Ohio
RIP Renee Nicole Good
Should have been gone long ago
What if you knew her and found her dead on the ground
How can you run when you know?
Tin soldiers and Nixon coming
We're finally on our own
This summer I hear the drumming
Four dead in Ohio
RIP Renee Nicole Good
If you ever wonder why I write so much about Leeds, here's an answer of sorts. The invoice, dated 1858, is from my 3x great uncle, George Nickson. His father moved here from Malton in the 1820s. Most of his sons became painters and decorators. When George died, his wife took over the business.
January 9, 2026 at 11:36 AM
If you ever wonder why I write so much about Leeds, here's an answer of sorts. The invoice, dated 1858, is from my 3x great uncle, George Nickson. His father moved here from Malton in the 1820s. Most of his sons became painters and decorators. When George died, his wife took over the business.