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[Snakey_B]

Im fancying reading a book thats set in sheffield.A ficitional story kinda like a detective story(if such a book exsists!) , but i cant find any using the net,any help ? Cheers

[taxman]

M J Trow set one of his Lestrade mysteries in Sheffield - it mentions Crookesmoor and other areas - I think it was "Lestrade and the Sawdust ring" or something - to do with a travelling circus

[ceegee]

You could try

 

Silent Playgrounds by Danuta Reah.

 

THE STORY CENTRES AROUND HUNTERS BAR/BINGHAM/ENDCLIFFE PARK (The Shepherds Wheel) AREA OF SHEFFIELD. Can't let on much more or I'll ruin the book for you. The author lives in Sheffield and has a good feel for the city and the surrounding area.

 

She has also written other books of a similar nature. Try E Bay and/or Amazon

[feargal]

One of Val McDermid's books is set in the peaks (sorry, can;t remember which), and mentions Sheffield (particularly Rivelin I think) quite a lot. There's mention of the village under the lake, however I think lots of place names are different, but easily recognisable. It's a good old-style detective story!

[PatzB]

Stephen Booth writes thrillers set in the Peak District, I have read a few, very good

 

Px

[Snakey_B]

Cheers for that ill check a couple of them out!

[Dark Moomin]

The Red Veil by Dean Jackson, is set locally and written by a local chap. not read it myself but my friend has highly recommended it.

[libuse]

An author called Paul Adam wrote several fictional crime stories set in Sheffield, all with the same central character who was (I think) a journalist.

 

They are full of local references, and I got one on Amazon so I think they are still in print. (Check the synopsis before you buy, though, because he has written some that are not in this series, nor based in Sheffield)

[Alex C.]

One of Val McDermid's books is set in the peaks (sorry, can;t remember which), and mentions Sheffield (particularly Rivelin I think) quite a lot. There's mention of the village under the lake, however I think lots of place names are different, but easily recognisable. It's a good old-style detective story!

I was wondering about that, a lot of the references in her books seem similar to yorkshire and sheffield in particular... is it a common thing, or just me?

[scarby]

The holy bible?

[stussonicos]

I'll recommend Silent Playgrounds too, makes reference to lots of different area's in Sheffield and it a prettry good read to boot.

[feargal]

I was wondering about that, a lot of the references in her books seem similar to yorkshire and sheffield in particular... is it a common thing, or just me?

It's a common thing! She sets a series of her book in a fictional city called Bradfield, and whenever I read them, I can't help but picture the mean streets round the cricket ground and ice cream van.

 

(the one I mentioned earlier is called A Place of Execution).