“No Precious Truth,” from veteran author Chris Nickson, is set in Leeds, UK, during the turbulent years of the early 1940s. (Nickson himself is a native Loiner, or Leeds resident.) This is Nickson’s first book in a new series that introduces us to the formidable Sgt. Cathy Marsden, a 26-year-old policewoman who’s been assigned to the Special Investigation Branch (SIB), a unit tasked with tackling military-related crime.
It’s a great premise for a thriller series, and a potent combination of genre elements. On the one hand, you’ve got ground-level crime and corruption of a large UK city, and on the other hand, you have all the challenges of World War II. Jolly good start, Mr. Nickson.
