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
Amid the mist-shrouded streets of Victorian London, strange news meets detective Sally Lockhart's ears: rumours of the disappearance of the steamship Ingrid Linde. Soon after, a clairvoyant mentions the name of Europe's richest man. Who is financier Axel Bellmann? What is behind the mysterious bad luck that has hit the Anglo-Baltic shipping line? As Sally investigates, she'll begin a dangerous journey into the black heart of evil.
Detective Sally Lockhart has settled into her new, quiet life as a businesswoman. But her life is about to change - or rather someone has already changed it. Sally's history has been altered. Driven from her home, and with the law and luck against her; she must go undercover to unravel the mystery of this evil stranger. Sally is prepared to fight for her family's freedom. Even if it turns out to be a fight to the death.
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.