Something mysterious and terrible is happening throughout Victorian London: Ghosts are disapΒpearing. When this reaches the attention of the Ghost Bureau, the diligent but clueless Mr. Lapsewood, a paranormal paper-pusher, is sent to investigate, and what he discovers is grave. The Black Rot has arr
Constable & Toop
β Scribed by Jones, Gareth P
- Book ID
- 107625978
- Publisher
- Hot Key Books
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 171 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781471400124
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β¦ Synopsis
A darkly comic Dickensian ghost story from Blue Peter Award winner Gareth P. Jones: it's not the dead you'll need to worry about!20% Gruesome, 40% Funny, 30% Historical, 10% ScarySam Toop lives in a funeral parlour, blessed (or cursed) with an unusual gift. While his father buries the dead, Sam is haunted by their constant demands for attention. Trouble is afoot on the 'other side'--there is a horrible disease that is mysteriously imprisoning ghosts into empty houses in the world of the living. And Sam is caught in the middle--will he be able to bring himself to help?Blue Peter Award winner Gareth P. Jones has woven a darkly comic story, a wonderfully funny adventure that roams the grimy streets of Victorian London.
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