Philip Pullman · quartet
Sally Lockhart books in order
A quartet of Victorian mystery-adventure novels centered on Sally Lockhart and her friends and associates.
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- 1 The Ruby in the Smoke
Book 1 · novel · 1985
Soon after Sally Lockhart's father drowns at sea, she receives a strange anonymous letter. The dire warning it contains makes a man die of fear at her feet. Determined to discover the truth about her father's death, Sally is plunged into…
- 2 The Shadow in the North
Book 2 · novel · 1986
In 1878 in London, Sally, now twenty-two and established in her own business, and her companions Frederick and Jim try to solve the mystery surrounding the unexpected collapse of a shipping firm and its ties to a sinister corporation…
- 3 The Tiger in the Well
Book 3 · novel · 1990
In London in 1881, twenty-four-year-old Sally finds her young daughter and her possessions assailed by an unknown enemy, while a shadowy figure known as the Tzaddik involves her in his plot to defraud and exploit the hordes of Jewish…
- 4 The Tin Princess
Book 4 · novel · 1994
In 1882 sixteen-year-old Becky applies for a tutoring job in London and becomes embroiled in assassination, intrigue, and dangerous politics in the small European kingdom of Razkavia.
