The Black Crow Conspiracy

Step into the past in this spine-tingling historical adventure from award-winning author Christopher Edge. "A writer of genuine originality" - Guardian Penelope Tredwell is the feisty thirteen-year-old orphan heiress of the bestselling magazine, The Penny Dreadful. Her masterly tales of the macabre are gripping Victorian Britain, even if no one knows she's the author. It's 1902. London is looking forward to the new King's coronation and ignoring the threat of war from across the sea. Penelope, is cursed with writer's block and needs a sensational new story or her magazine will go under. So when a mysterious letter arrives, confessing to an impossible crime, Penny thinks she has found a plot to enthral her readers: the theft of the Crown Jewels by the diabolical Black Crow. Ghostly apparitions, kidnap and treason - this is the stuff of great stories. But what if it's all true? A suspenseful historical adventure series with a supernatural twist! "The feisty and courageous Penelope makes the perfect heroine for an adventure packed with exciting twists and turns" - BookTrust Check out these other brilliant books from Christopher Edge:

- Black Hole Cinema Club - Escape Room - Twelve Minutes to Midnight - The Jamie Drake Equation

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Release date

E-bog: 9. januar 2014