Clockwork House

Mr Langridge, the notorious Cerlecombe architect and engineer, has been murdered in his summer mansion… or so their daughters think. After all, who would attempt to get inside Langridge Manor – a place that is obviously haunted, where rooms change places at random and where strange automatons and mechanical creatures are rife?

Police refuse to look into the matter. Nobody dares to approach the murder scene, so no proper investigation has been carried out. Only Thomas Blackpole, representing the Lundenwich Society, a team of children who are mediums and detectives, will take the case.

But things back in Lundenwich are not looking so good. The undertaker is on the verge of bankruptcy and the future of the orphans lies in Ligeia Leighton’s hands. Meanwhile, a dark force lurks in the basement of the funeral home – something old and powerful and much more dangerous than a ghost. The kind of thing you pray you won’t find under your bed at night or inside your wardrobe, scratching against the door.

And whatever it is, it won’t be restrained for much longer.

Bleak Clockwork House is the second instalment of The Lundenwich Society, a dark gaslamp fantasy saga full of wonder and adventure for fans of fast-paced mysteries and alternative Victorian history.