Marked-Out for Murder: Crime, Conflict, and Community in the Mining Village

By Linda Stevenson

Orgreave 1984. Following the clashes between miners and coppers at Orgreave, resentment spills over in the mining village of Forest Town when one of the miners is found dead.

Forest Town 1993. Five years after the pit closure, some of the miners are still languishing on the dole while others have prospered. Excitement mounts as the event of the year for the Forest Town careers office draws near, an event carefully planned by a team leader who is keen to make her mark and prove that she's worthy of her recent promotion. What could go wrong? The murder of a prominent businessman was not on the cards and sets tongues wagging, igniting old grievances.

Is there any connection to the unsolved murder of a miner in 1984 or is it just a sad coincidence that the victims worked alongside one another at the Crownie Pit? It would take the team of hapless careers advisers, and the ingenuity of the local WPC, to unravel the mystery.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B09TMTCP8X
• ISBN13: 9798426905887
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"