Sigue las emocionantes aventuras de una joven ingeniosa que navega por las complejidades del Londres victoriano. Cada entrega la sumerge en un nuevo misterio, lleno de peligro, secretos y giros inesperados. Debe confiar en su agudeza intelectual y coraje para descubrir la verdad y sobrevivir en un mundo plagado de conspiraciones. Esta serie ofrece una cautivadora mezcla de intriga histórica y desarrollo de personajes convincente.
Soon after Sally Lockhart's father drowns at sea, she receives an anonymous letter. The warning it contains makes a man die of fear at her feet. Determined to discover the truth about her father's death, Sally is plunged into a terrifying mystery in the dark heart of Victorian London, at the centre of which lies a deadly blood-soaked jewel.
An elderly lady loses her money on an investment; a conjuror is pursued by thugs; and a clairvoyant mentions the name of the richest man in Europe and his mysterious company. Seemingly unconnected events set Sally Lockhart on the trail of an evil far more awful than she could ever imagine.
Sally is 25, and somebody wants to destroy her. She receives divorce papers from a man she has never met, let alone married....This trap is so well laid that she is powerless to prove otherwise. When custody of her precious daughter is awarded to this evil stranger, it is the beginning of a terrifying struggle in which Sally will have to fight, with a gun if necessary, for the freedom of her family.The third instalment of the quartet. Sally is a surprising and modern heroine, and her fight against unknown and relentless evil in Victorian London makes an exhilarating and unforgettable novel. An unabridged reading of Philip Pullman's nerve-shattering thriller.
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.