The Tiger in the Well
Sally Lockhart Mysteries Series
Author: Philip Pullman
Book 3 in the Sally Lockhart Mysteries series
Pages: 430
Published: 1990
Age: 12+
In a respectable tea-shop in London, a girl with a pistol is holding off three men. Sally Lockhart is fighting for her child – a child who is suddenly hers no longer.
Driven from her home, Sally is in hiding, desperately trying to find out who is turning her life upside down. Meanwhile, the man she is seeking is in a house in Spitalfields, directing his lackeys to snare her deeper, and deeper. No one will stop him, for he is the Tzaddik. There follows a terrifying chase through the London streets, where a girl takes the ultimate risk, and walks into the lair of the tiger . . .
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.