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A deliciously dark and thrilling novel from a devilishly talented author.When Ludlow Fitch's parents cruelly betray him, he steals away on the back of a carriage and leaves behind the stinking City. He arrives in the dead of night at a remote village, where he crosses paths with the tall and limping figure of Joe Zabbidou - a pawnbroker with a difference: Joe trades secrets, not goods, for cash.Employed as Joe's assistant, Ludlow records the villagers' fiendish confessions in an ancient leather-bound volume: The Black Book of Secrets. There's the gravedigger who has been resurrecting bodies; the butcher who made a mouse-meat pie for his bullying father, with fatal consequences; the wizened bookseller who went to murderous lengths to get her hands on a priceless tome.Ludlow longs to trust his mysterious master, but he senses Joe has much to hide. But then Ludlow Fitch has his own, very dark, secrets...
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The Black Book of Secrets, F. E. Higgins
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- Released
- 2010
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- F. E. Higgins
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Released
- 2010
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0330516817
- ISBN13
- 9780330516815
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Fantasy, Adventure, Young Adult, Mystery Novels, Horror, Young Adult Fantasy, Magic, Secrets, Mysterious, Mysteries, Teens, Fate, Trust, Villages, Dread, Fear
- First published
- 2007
- Original title
- The Black Book of Secrets
- Rating
- 3.9 out of 5
- Description
- A deliciously dark and thrilling novel from a devilishly talented author.When Ludlow Fitch's parents cruelly betray him, he steals away on the back of a carriage and leaves behind the stinking City. He arrives in the dead of night at a remote village, where he crosses paths with the tall and limping figure of Joe Zabbidou - a pawnbroker with a difference: Joe trades secrets, not goods, for cash.Employed as Joe's assistant, Ludlow records the villagers' fiendish confessions in an ancient leather-bound volume: The Black Book of Secrets. There's the gravedigger who has been resurrecting bodies; the butcher who made a mouse-meat pie for his bullying father, with fatal consequences; the wizened bookseller who went to murderous lengths to get her hands on a priceless tome.Ludlow longs to trust his mysterious master, but he senses Joe has much to hide. But then Ludlow Fitch has his own, very dark, secrets...