DeathandtheArrow:AGrippingTaleofMurderandRevenge(TomMarloweSeries)

Fifteen-year-oldTomlivesinthemurky,sootycityofLondon,wherehehelpshisfathertorunaprintshop.AmongthecustomersiswiseoldDrHarker,aretiredphysicianandseafarer,whosepatientdemeanorandfascinatingtalesendearhimtoTom.WhenTomandHarkerhearanewspapersellerannounceamostcuriousmurderinthecity,withthevictimpiercedbyanarrowandleftholdinganillustratedcardof'DeathandtheArrow',theyarebothintriguedbythemystery.Assubsequent'DeathandtheArrow'victimsarediscovered,themysteryclosesevermoretightlyroundthecityandintrudesevenintoTom'sownlife.Fromthenonwards,hecan'tresttillhehasdiscoveredthetruthbehindthemurders.Thisisareallyatmosphericventureintotheeighteenth-century,combinedwithagrippingmysteryplot,thatwillfascinateandengagereadersoftenandupwards.