The Shadow in the North
Sally Lockhart Mysteries Series
Author: Philip Pullman
Book 2 in the Sally Lockhart Mysteries series
Pages: 360
Published: 1986
Age: 12+
Sally is now 22, and running her own financial consultancy – a thoroughly modern woman in a world of pompous men – but she's about to be thrown headlong into a vicious web of murder, mystery and pure evil.
When a client's lost investment appears suspicious, Sally investigates. Soon she is ensnared in a whirl of high-society danger and deceit, which can lead her in only one direction – to the terrifying secret of the Shadow in the North.
About the Sally Lockhart Mysteries Series
Books in series order
- 1.The Ruby in the Smoke(1985)
- 2.The Shadow in the North(1986)
- 3.The Tiger in the Well(1990)
- 4.The Tin Princess(1994)
Reading age: 12+ years
This series should be read in order.
Sally is sixteen and uncommonly pretty. Her knowledge of English literature, French, history, art and music is non-existent, but she has a thorough grounding in military tactics, can run a business, ride like a Cossack and shoot straight with a pistol.
When her dear father is drowned in suspicious circumstances in the South China Sea, Sally is left to fend for herself, an orphan and alone in the smoky fog of Victorian London. Though she doesn't know it, Sally is already in terrible danger. Soon the mystery and the danger will deepen but can Sally muster the bravery and wit required to survive?
A precursor to Y.S. Lee's Agency (Mary Quinn) series, Pullman's Sally Lockhart Mysteries is a thrilling historical quartet filled with mystery, suspense and intrigue.