The Tin Princess
Sally Lockhart Mysteries Series
Author: Philip Pullman
Book 4 in the Sally Lockhart Mysteries series
Pages: 304
Published: 1994
Age: 12+
Sally Lockhart's friend and partner-in-adventure Jim Taylor has just solved a mystery. For years he's been searching for Adelaide, the little girl enslaved by toothless crone Mrs Holland in The Ruby in the Smoke.
And now he's found her – just as she's about to become a princess. Crown Princess of Razkavia, to be exact, and a princess in danger. Her future husband is desperate to protect his bride, and employs Jim as their bodyguard – Razkavia's quaint little streets are full of danger.
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.