Táto séria sleduje osudy mladej a odvážnej ženy v pochmúrnom viktoriánskom Londýne. Každý diel ju zavedie do nového dobrodružstva plného záhad, intríg a nebezpečenstva. Mladá hrdinka sa musí spoľahnúť na svoj dôvtip a odvahu, aby odhalila pravdu a prežila v drsnom svete plnom tajomstiev. Je to napínavé čítanie pre tých, ktorí milujú historické detektívky s výraznou ženskou postavou.
“BEWARE THE SEVEN blessings . . . ” When she first utters these words, 16-year-old Sally Lockhart doesn’t know their meaning. But when an employee of her late father hears them, he dies of fear. Thus begins Sally’s terrifying journey into the seamy underworld of Victorian London, in search of clues to her father’s mysterious death.
A Sally Lockhart Mystery
The year is 1878, and Sally Lockhart has started her own financial consulting business. When a client loses a fortune in the unexpected collapse of a British shipping firm, Sally is determined to find out why. But as she comes closer to learning the identity of the firm's elusive owner, she discovers that her questions are far from simple --and that the answers could cost her her life. "Fraud, fire, and bloody murder pursue Sally Lockhart in a fine sequel to "The Ruby in the Smoke." Sally, now 22, is in business as a financial consultant. When she and her friends challenge corrupt financial interests, they find themselves in a web of intrigue that stretches from fetid slums of the poor to the corporate offices of the richest man in Europe. Sally's detective work reveals the connections between corrupt power and broken lives. The action is fast, scenes are tight and dramatic, the language is vivid, and the wealth of minor characters are sharply individualized. An immensely entertaining thriller."--(starred) "Booklist. "Reading level: 6.7.
Sally's world is wonderful until one man brings it crashing down around her. He is trying to get everything, even her sanity.
Nella Londra vittoriana, l'amico e compagno di avventure di Sally Lockhart Jim Taylor ha trovato finalmente Adelaide, la ragazzina che la tremenda Miss Holland trattava come sua schiava nel "Rubino di fumo". Ora sta per diventare la principessa di un Paese lontano, la Razkavia. Una principessa in pericolo, scopre Jim: il futuro marito di Adelaide lo sa e vuole proteggerla, e assume Jim come guardia del corpo. Pullman ha scritto al tempo stesso un romanzo per ragazzi, un romanzo femminile, un mystery, un romanzo storico.
In 1882 sixteen-year-old Becky applies for a tutoring job in London and becomes embroiled in assassination, intrigue, and dangerous politics in the small European kingdom of Razkavia.