Book description
There seem to be some odd things going on in the city of London,
lately. Take the murders, for instance; quite peculiar. And those
missing statues - what's going on there? And shouldn't Saint Paul's have
a roof? Odd. . . Horatio Lyle, of course, is no stranger to. . . well,
strangeness. In fact, he finds the lure of the unknown quite
invigorating. But having just survived the most frightening episode in
his life, the last thing he wants is that pompous Lord Lincoln sticking
his nose in again and demanding that he take on another case the police
are too thick to solve. Of course, His Lordship can be painfully
persuasive at times, so it should come as no surprise that Lyle, along
with his young proteges Tess (the thief) and Thomas (the toff), and his
faithful hound Tate (the smart one), is soon up to his cravat in events
of a singularly unscientific nature. Actually, it would all be terribly
exciting if only they weren't trying to kill him. Having published her
extraordinary debut, Mirror Dreams, at the age of 14, Catherine Webb has
quickly established herself as one of the most talented and exciting
young writers in the UK.
