The Castlefield Collector

Where there's muck, there's mettleDolly Tomkins has always known what it is to live hand to mouth. In the mean streets of a Salford struggling under the mantle of the Great Depression, the only one making a decent living is the talleyman.
Though Nifty Jack has a money bag where his heart should be, Dolly's mam is in hock up to her ears and in dire need of assistance. But when Jack offers to wipe the slate clean, Dolly just can't bring herself to trust him.
Instead, she takes him on at his own game and in the process endangers everything she holds most dear as a revelation about the past rocks the very foundations of her world.
This is an enchanting story of love and endurance perfect for fans of Nadine Dorries and Kitty Neale.
Previously published as Watch for the Talleyman.
Praise for The Castlefield Collector 'A story which in some ways could be written about today as easily as the 1920s' 5* Reader review
'This is my first novel by Freda and it will definitely not be the last' 5* Reader review
'I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book from start to finish' 5* Reader review

About the author

Sunday Times bestselling author Freda Lightfoot was born in Lancashire. She was a teacher, a bookseller in the Lake District, then a smallholder and began her writing career publishing short stories and articles before finding her vocation as a novelist. She published over fifty novels, mostly sagas and historical fiction. She died in 2025 aged 83, leaving a legacy of books that continue to be enjoyed by thousands of readers.

Product details

• Authors: Freda Lightfoot
• Publisher: Pan macmillan Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.03.2020
• EAN: 9781788638050
• ISBN: 978-1-78863-805-0
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 25 mm
• Series: A Salford Saga; Salford Saga
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Sagas, Historical romance, FICTION / Women, FICTION / Sagas, Historical fiction, FICTION / Romance / Historical / 20th Century, Manchester, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, FICTION / Family Life / Marriage & Divorce, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, c 1920 to c 1929, c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Family saga / generational saga fiction