The Shadow in the North: A Sally Lockhart Mystery
Six years after solving the mysteries surrounding the death of her  father (inThe Ruby in the  Smoke), Sally Lockhart has set up her own consulting business. But her  photographer friend, Fred Garland, has a habit of drawing her into his private  detective work owing to her skill in both finances and firearms. When one of  Sally's clients loses a large sum of money invested in a shipping firm and Fred  encounters a conjurer on the lam from underworld thugs, the two begin to find  links in these apparently disparate cases.Exquisitely written and packed with a wonderfully diverse, often terrifying cast  of characters and dark twists and turns of plot, the second installment of the  Sally Lockhart trilogy--an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, aBooklistEditors' Choice, and a nominee for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best  Mystery--is entirely impossible to put down. Make sure book 3,The Tiger in the Well, is close  at hand as you near the end of this one. (Ages 12 and older)--Emilie  Coulter--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.