The Shadow in the North by Philip Pullman - Fiction - Paperback

Details:. Condition: BRAND NEW. Format: Paperback. ISBN: 9781407130552. Publisher: Scholastic. Age Range: 12+. Overview:. The Shadow in the North is book two in Philip Pullman's celebrated Sally Lockhart Mysteries, a quartet of Victorian thrillers blending detective work, romance, and social history. Sally Lockhart is now twenty-two and running her own financial consultancy in London, a bold move for a woman of her era. When a client's investment mysteriously collapses, Sally is drawn into a dangerous conspiracy involving murder and a sinister industrialist. Perfect for fans of atmospheric historical mystery and strong heroines.. About the Book:. Set in 1878, four years after The Ruby in the Smoke, Sally is established as a financial adviser, an unusual profession for a woman of her time. Her world is upended when a theatre company's investment vanishes, swallowed up by the ruthless industrialist Axel Bellmann. As Sally investigates, she is joined once more by her loyal friends Fred Garland and Jim Taylor, and the trail leads them into a web of spiritualism, arms dealing, and murder stretching from the fog-bound streets of London to the icy North Sea. Pullman's writing is…

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