Joshua Cook Cook من عند Mirit, Mirit, Kebumen Regency, Central Java, إندونيسيا من عند Mirit, Mirit, Kebumen Regency, Central Java, إندونيسيا

A really terrific, quick, fun read. A mystery, but not just for mystery fans only. It is the story of Sally Lockhart and a cast of other characters, some very real and some very dickensian. It is full of fun victoriana -- if you like that sort of thing. Phillip Pullman, though I tend to disagree with him sometimes, is a master story teller -- he is at his best when he is not trying to prove a point. This book fits that description -- a good story from start to finish with a believably strong, yet vulnerable female at the helm -- faced with one of the most implacably evil characters in modern fiction. Very fun stuff. I am going to see if the others in the series are just as good.