Book description
Madame Vastra, the fabled Lizard Woman of Paternoster Row, knew
death in many shapes and forms. But perhaps one of the most bizarre
of these was death by snow...
On a cold day in December, two young boys, tired of sweeping snow
from the workhouse yard, decide to build a snowman - and are
confronted with a strange and grisly mystery. In horrified
fascination, they watch as their snowman begins to bleed...
The search for answers to this impossible event will plunge Harry
into the most hazardous - and exhilarating - adventure of his life. He
will encounter a hideous troll. He will dine with a mysterious parlour
maid. And he will help the Great Detective, Madame Vastra, save the
world from the terrifying Devil in the Smoke.
Mr Justin Richards is a noted author of no small repute. In addition
to his fictional fantasies concerning the continuing exploits of that
mysterious traveller in space and time known only as 'the Doctor'. Mr
Richards has some previous experience of chronicling the fantastical
events of the Victorian era in his novels
The Death Collector,
The Parliament of Blood
and
The Chamber of Shadows
. He has also previously penned volumes of a wholly electronic nature
both with the help of Miss Melody Malone (Detective) in her adventure
The Angel's Kiss
and in the form of a dystopian future narrative entitled
The
Skeleton Clock
.
