Book description
The Silver Apple Killer preys on the people of Urbs Umida, a rotten and
wretched city. Two things connect the victims - they all had a small
silver apple in their pocket, and they had all recently visited a
notorious inn to see one of two acts: the hideous Gluttonous Beast and
the astonishing Bone Magician . . . Since his father disappeared under a
dark cloud of scandal, Pin Carpue has been alone in the world. His work
for the local undertaker keeps him busy, but his life is bleak. Then Pin
encounters the Bone Magician, a man who can raise corpses and make the
dead speak. As Pin is drawn into an intoxicating world of mystery and
intrigue, he becomes suspicious of Juno, the Bone Magician's young
assistant. A strange darkness haunts her just as the Silver Apple Killer
stalks the streets at night - and as Pin pieces together the secrets of
Bone Magic, his own life becomes fraught with grave danger . . .
F. E. Higgins was born in England but raised in Ireland. She lives
and writes in a house that dates back to the fifteenth century, in a
small village in rural Kent.
