Scholastic Sally Lockhart Mysteries Collection Philip Pullman 4 Books Set

16.95 GBP*

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The Ruby in the Smoke The first book in Philip Pullman's classic SALLY LOCKHART quartet in a beautiful new edition to celebrate the 30 year anniversary. Soon after Sally Lockhart's father drowns at sea; she receives an anonymous letter. The dire warning it contains makes a man die of fear at her feet. Determined to discover the truth about her father's death; Sally is plunged into a terrifying mystery in the dark heart of Victorian London; at the centre of which lies a deadly blood-soaked jewel. Philip Pullman's ever-popular; action-packed Victorian melodramas are rejacketed for the bicentenary of Charles Dickens in 2012. The Shadow in the North The second book in Philip Pullman's classic SALLY LOCKHART quartet in a beautiful new edition to celebrate the 30 year anniversary. Sally Lockhart is twenty-two; and running her own financial consultancy - a thoroughly modern woman in a world of pompous men - but she's about to be thrown headlong into a vicious web of murder; mystery and pure evil. When a client's lost investment appears suspicious; Sally investigates. Soon she is ensnared in a whirl of high-society danger and deceit; which can lead her in only one direction - to the terrifying secret of the Shadow in the North. The Tiger in the Well The third book in Philip Pullman's classic SALLY LOCKHART quartet in a beautiful new edition Sally Lockhart is 25; and somebody wants to destroy her. She receives divorce papers from a man she has never met; let alone married - yet this trap is so well laid that she is powerless to prove otherwise. When custody of her precious daughter is awarded to this evil stranger; it is the beginning of a terrifying struggle in which Sally will have to fight; and kill if necessary; for the freedom of her family. Philip Pullman's ever-popular; action-packed Victorian melodramas are rejacketed for the bicentenary of Charles Dickens in 2012. The Tin Princess The final book in Philip Pullman's classic SALLY LOCKHART quartet in a beautiful new edition to celebrate the 30 year anniversary. Jim Taylor; Sally Lockhart's oldest friend; is engaged as bodyguard to a princess. But Crown Princess Adelaide of Razkavia is not what you'd expect. She's the slum-girl Jim has been searching for ever since she vanished ten years ago. Now her life is in mortal danger; and together they must battle against unknown enemies in a country where no one can be trusted. This dramatic story of love; loyalty and adventure is the final novel in the quartet. Philip Pullman's ever-popular; action-packed Victorian melodramas are rejacketed for the bicentenary of Charles Dickens in 2012.