The Gallows Pole by Benjamin Myers
The Gallows Pole is a novel by Benjamin Myers, published in 2017 by Bluemoose Books (and in 2019 by Third Man Books).
From Carol Birch’s review for the Guardian:
Benjamin Myers’s new novel is about the Yorkshire poor in the 18th century, a time when the theft of a handkerchief or a loaf of bread could lead to the gallows. Small wonder, then, that smuggling and coining – the manufacture of fake money from melted-down clippings – was rife, and that the gangs were protected by local populations.
The cover artwork […] designed by Delaney Williams captivated me at first sight. Instant reaction was that this wasn’t a new book but was one of Penguin books vintage green mystery and crime series and indeed though differing in time setting from the 20th Century noir of the majority of the Penguin books, ‘The Gallows Pole’ would be a more than worthy addition to the series. There is a ‘folk horror’ sensibility also to the artwork and within the novel itself there is an element of this sub-genre.
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Original edition by Bluemoose Books with stripes at the top
