The Ruby In The Smoke

About this book

When she first utters these words, sixteen-year-old Sally Lockhart doesn t know their meaning. But when an employee of her late father heares them, he dies of fear. Thus begins Sally s terryfiyng journey into the seamy underworld of Victorian London, in search of clues that will solve the puzzle of her father s death. Pursued by villains and cutthoats at every turn, she at last uncovers two dark mysteries. One involves the opium trade; the other, a stolen ruby of enormous value. Sally soon learns that she is the key to both-and that is s worth her very life to find out why.