I’m pleased to learn that David Cliffe of Leek is doing good work uncovering the photographic history of the town of Leek and the wider Staffordshire Moorlands, and publishing the results as accessible books.

He’s also integrating the knowledge into local mystery novels in his Old Leek Mystery series…

Tragedy strikes when a travelling theatre visits the Staffordshire market town of Leek in Edwardian times. The town also becomes embroiled in suspicion of foreign agents. Local photographer Nathaniel Blake and his teenage daughter Cora turn amateur detective and find themselves in peril.