num_pages: 230
description: Sally is sixteen and uncommonly pretty. Her knowledge of English literature, French, history, art and music is non-existent, but she has a thorough grounding in military tactics, can run a business, ride like a Cossack and shoot straight with a pistol.When her dear father is drowned in suspicious circumstances in the South China Sea, Sally is left to fend for herself, an orphan and alone in the smoky fog of Victorian London. Though she doesn't know it, Sally is already in terrible danger. Soon the mystery and the danger will deepen - and at the rotten heart of it all lies the deadly secret of the ruby in the smoke...
language: English
title: The Ruby in the Smoke
titlecomplete: The Ruby in the Smoke (Sally Lockhart, #1)
characters: Sally Lockhart
genres: Adventure, Historical, Fantasy, Mystery, Young Adult, Historical Fiction, Audiobook, Fiction, Victorian, Crime
ratings_count: 27885
places: London, England
series: Sally Lockhart
awards: awardedAt: 568022400000
name: IRA Children’s and Young Adult’s Book Award
publisher: Laurel Leaf