Death and the Arrow

Chris Priestley

ISBN 10: 0375924663 ISBN 13: 9780375924668

Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 2003

Set in London in the 1700s, a series of murders piques fifteen-year-old Tom Marlowe�s interest as he is certain that the evil card left at all the scenes is an important clue to solving these vicious crimes.

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London, 1715. The air is black with soot. The murky alleyways of the City are crowded with people from all walks of life. In the shadow of St Paul's Cathedral, there are rumours of a gruesome murder.

The victim was ' beskewered by an arrow right through his heart,' a newspaper-hawker cries. Even in a city where crime is commonplacem this catches the attention of young Tom Marlowe as he passes by on an errand. News of further victims is soon heard, each said to have been pierced by an arrow and left holding an odd illustrated card. Tom is fascinated and repelled by the strange events. When the mystery unexpectedly intrudes into his own life, he feels compelled to investigate...

A gripping mystery is combined with a richly atmospheric picture of eighteenth-century life in this fascinating novel from an outstandingly talented new author.