Beschreibung
'Him what's born on the chime . . . he's the one what'll have communications with the devil.'At the age of fourteen, 'chime-child' Peter Gannet is apprenticed to a locksmith in Covent Garden. But his desperate longing to escape from the insufferable adults around him and go to sea leads him into some dubious undertakings. Before long, the old ship's carpenter's dire prophecy comes true, for in the locksmith's workroom he meets a phantom with an empty sleeve.Tense and atmospheric, this is a gripping thriller about ghosts, a wall of hands, envy, dishonesty and finally murder!
Buchdetails
Format
Taschenbuch
Seiten
256 Seiten
Sprache
Englisch
Veröffentlicht
Jun 29, 2015
Verlag
Red Fox Classics
Ausgaben
2 Ausgaben
ISBN-10
1782950737
ISBN-13
9781782950738