Edward Brazier is enlisted by Prime Minister William Pitt to assist his investigation into smuggling activity in Deal. However, with his love Betsy now locked into a loveless marriage with Tom Spafford, Brazier is distracted from his mission.
When a young girl is snatched from the Yorkshire town of Halifax there are eerie similarities with a cold case from many years earlier. It can't be the same killer, can it?
The Lollipop Man is the first in a series that draws upon the author's experiences growing up in the dark heartland of the Yorkshire Ripper and the Moors Murders, as well as part of under-represented LGBTQIA+ communities in the north.