Title: John Diamond
First published: 1980
Description: Unsettling words from his dying father set twelve-year-old William Jones on a desperate search through darkest London for John Diamond, the son of a man his father apparently once cheated badly. In the course of his search, he encounters an odd assortment of characters, some of whom seem determined to kill him.

Originally published in the United States as *Footsteps*, *John Diamond* combines a cast of remarkable eccentrics with superb sensory descriptions. This title was a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book.
Subjects: Adventure and adventurers, Fathers and sons, Fiction, Children's stories, History, Mystery and detective stories, Children's fiction, London (england), history, fiction, Great britain, history, fiction, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Parent and child, fiction
Places: Great Britain, London (England)
Time periods: 18th century