3.8
Ruby in the Smoke, Th(lib)(CD) (Sally Lockhart Mystery)
"BEWARE THE SEVEN BLESSINGS..."When she first utters these words, sixteen-year-old Sally Lockhart doesn't know their meaning. But when and employee of her late father hears them, he dies of fear. Thus begins Sally's terrifying journey into the seamy underworld of Victorian London, in search of clues that will solve the puzzle of her father's death. Pursued by villains and cutthroats at every turn, she at last uncovers two dark mysteries. One involves the opium trade; the other, a stolen ruby of enormous value. Sally soon learns that she is the key to both - and that it's worth her very life to find out why.From the Whitbread Award winning author of THE AMBER SPYGLASS comes a feverishly paced Victorian thriller - and the acclaimed debut of an unforgettable young heroine.
Subjects
RELEASED2006
PUBLISHERListening Library
LANGUAGEEN
Philip Pullman CBE, FRSL is an English writer from Norwich. He is the best-selling author of several books, most notably his trilogy of fantasy novels, *His Dark Materials*, and his fictional biography of Jesus, *The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ*. The first of *His Dark Materials* has been turned into the film The Golden Compass and the first two books from his Sally Lockhart series have been adapted for television. In 2008, The Times named Pullman in their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". ([Source][1]) [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Pullman
3.8
Ruby in the Smoke, Th(lib)(CD) (Sally Lockhart Mystery)
"BEWARE THE SEVEN BLESSINGS..."When she first utters these words, sixteen-year-old Sally Lockhart doesn't know their meaning. But when and employee of her late father hears them, he dies of fear. Thus begins Sally's terrifying journey into the seamy underworld of Victorian London, in search of clues that will solve the puzzle of her father's death. Pursued by villains and cutthroats at every turn, she at last uncovers two dark mysteries. One involves the opium trade; the other, a stolen ruby of enormous value. Sally soon learns that she is the key to both - and that it's worth her very life to find out why.From the Whitbread Award winning author of THE AMBER SPYGLASS comes a feverishly paced Victorian thriller - and the acclaimed debut of an unforgettable young heroine.
Subjects
RELEASED2006
PUBLISHERListening Library
LANGUAGEEN
Philip Pullman CBE, FRSL is an English writer from Norwich. He is the best-selling author of several books, most notably his trilogy of fantasy novels, *His Dark Materials*, and his fictional biography of Jesus, *The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ*. The first of *His Dark Materials* has been turned into the film The Golden Compass and the first two books from his Sally Lockhart series have been adapted for television. In 2008, The Times named Pullman in their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". ([Source][1]) [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Pullman
