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Black Hearts in Battersea

Joan Aiken author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Random House Children's UK

Published:4th Mar '04

Should be back in stock very soon

Black Hearts in Battersea cover

Black Hearts in Battersea originally written in l965 is the second title in the classic 'Wolves of Willoughby Chase' series, now reissued with a stunning new cover.

But she seemed to have locked the door behind her and, as he rattled the latch unavailingly and then rapped the locker, something dark and suffocating was forced down over his head and a pair of hands gripped his throat."

Simon, coming to London to study painting with his old friend Dr Field, finds he has vanished without trace.

"Simon paid off the driver and turned to follow Mrs Twite. But she seemed to have locked the door behind her and, as he rattled the latch unavailingly and then rapped the locker, something dark and suffocating was forced down over his head and a pair of hands gripped his throat."

Simon, coming to London to study painting with his old friend Dr Field, finds he has vanished without trace. Determined to discover what lies behind his disappearance, Simon is trapped in a fiendish plot. Why has his landlord got guns in his cellar and how does one deal with his irrepressible daughter, Dido . . .?

A fantastic adventure story . . . Highly entertaining * Sunday Telegraph *
Joan Aiken is such a spellbinder * Evening Standard *
A writer of wild humour and unrestrained imagination * Oxford Companion to Children's Literature *
Joan Aiken is a marvel -- Philip Pullman * Guardian *

ISBN: 9780099456391

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 16mm

Weight: 181g

256 pages