Pages:
336
Publisher:
Egmont
Release
Date: 4th
June 2015
Edition:
UK e-proof,
NetGalley review copy
You
are cordially invited to attend the Grand Opening of Sinclair’s department
store!
Enter
a world of bonbons, hates, perfumes and MYSTERIES around every corner. WONDER
at the daring theft of the priceless CLOCKWORK SPARROW! TREMBLE as the most
DASTARDLY criminals in London enact their wicked plans! GASP as our bold
heroines, Miss Sophie Taylor and Miss Lilian Rose, CRACK CODES, DEVOUR ICED
BUNS and vow to bring the villains to justice…
The
Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow is
the story of two girls and two boys who simply turn up at Sinclair’s department
store and find themselves embroiled in a dangerous mystery that they have to
solve…
This novel is so much fun. It took
me a little while to get into the novel, but once the ball started rolling, I couldn’t
get back out again. Sinclair’s is a building of luxury and coupled with the
setting of Edwardian London, there’s just something about it. With the way it’s
described, it reminds me a little of Selfridges or Liberty, both of which are
lots of fun to mooch around (and get lost in). Basically, it’s the perfect
setting for a crime.
After the priceless Clockwork
Sparrow and hoards of jewels are stolen from Mr Sinclair’s private collection
on the night before the grand opening, everyone is a suspect. The atmosphere of
suspicion and excited gossip was brilliantly balanced with the determination of
Sophie, Lil and Billy to uncover what really happened. There were shootings and
secret codes, crooked police and East End gang bosses, bombs and foreign
intelligence threats – it has everything you could want from a decadent
mystery. So much fun!
Katherine Woodfine’s debut is
charming, fun and hugely enjoyable.
Thanks to Egmont and NetGalley
for the review copy.
Sophie
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