The second book in Philip Pullman's classic Sally Lockhartquartet. Readers will weep at the deeds of true villainy and smilethrough their tears at the close Publisher's Weekly Sally Lockhart is twenty-two, and running her own financial consultancy. A thoroughly modern woman in a world of pompous men -but she's about to be thrown headlong into a vicious web of murder,mystery and pure evil.
When a client's lost investment appears suspicious, Sally investigates.
Soon she is ensnared in a whirl of high-society danger and deceit,which can lead her in only one direction - to the terrifyingsecret of the Shadow in the North.