{"product_id":"the-ruby-in-the-smoke-a-sally-lockhart-mystery-9780375845161","title":"The Ruby in the Smoke: A Sally Lockhart Mystery","description":"\"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePHILIP PULLMAN is one of the most acclaimed writers working today. He is best known for the His Dark Materials trilogy, which has been named one of the top 100 books of all time by \u003ci\u003eNewsweek \u003c\/i\u003eand one of the all-time greatest novels by \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e. Pullman was knighted for his services to literature in the 2019 New Years Honours. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Book of Dust, Pullman's eagerly anticipated return to the world of His Dark Materials, will also be a book in three parts. It began with \u003ci\u003eLa Belle Sauvage \u003c\/i\u003eand continues with \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Commonwealth.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Philip Pullman is the author of many other beloved novels. For younger readers: \u003ci\u003e I Was a Rat!, Count Karlstein, Two Crafty Criminals!, Spring-Heeled Jack, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Scarecrow and His Servant.\u003c\/i\u003e For older readers: the Sally Lockhart quartet (\u003ci\u003eThe Ruby in the Smoke, The Shadow in the North, The Tiger in the Well, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Tin Princess\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eThe White Mercedes, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Broken Bridge.\u003c\/i\u003e He has written a magnificent collection, \u003ci\u003eFairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm, \u003c\/i\u003e and his essays and lectures on writing and storytelling have been gathered in a volume called \u003ci\u003eDæmon Voices: On Stories and Storytelling.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Philip Pullman lives in Oxford, England.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ember","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50647453303058,"sku":"9780375845161","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-ruby-in-the-smoke-a-sally-lockhart-mystery-9780375845161","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}