The first in the bestselling Cogheart Adventures series, where mayhem, murder and mystery meet in a gripping Victorian world of fantastical imagination.
Some secrets change the world in a heartbeat.
Lily s life is in mortal peril. Her father is missing and now silver-eyed men stalk her through the shadows. What could they want from her?
With her friends - Robert, the clockmaker s son, and Malkin, her mechanical fox - Lily is plunged into a murky and menacing world. Too soon Lily realizes that those she holds dear may be the very ones to break her heart...
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES CHILDREN S BOOK PRIZE
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRANFORD BOASE AWARD
SELECTED AS ONE OF THE NATION S 100 FAVOURITE STORIES TO SHARE (World Book Day, 2018)
"A steampunky tale of ambition, pursuit and revenge." The Guardian
"A delightfully badly behaved heroine, enthralling mechanicals and a stormer of a plot." Abi Elphinstone
"A glittering clockwork treasure." Piers Torday
About the Author
Peter Bunzl grew up in South London in a rambling Victorian house with three cats, two dogs, one sister, an antique-dealer dad and an artist mum. He is a BAFTA-winning animator, as well as a writer and film-maker. Peter s debut novel, Cogheart, has been shortlisted for lots of awards, including the Waterstones Children s Book Prize. Like Lily and Robert, he loves adventures and reading penny dreadfuls, but wishes dearly that he had a mechanical fox called Malkin.
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