Death of a Chimney Sweep: Alfie's gang take to London's slums
Cora Harrison
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(Sapere Books, May 16, 2019)
It’s a race against time for Alfie and the gang! Perfect for fans of Sherlock Holmes, Charlie N. Holmberg, Markus Zusak and Leigh Bardugo.Can Alfie find the killer before the killer finds him…? As soon as Alfie saw the cold, dead body on the steps of Hungerford Bridge, he knew who it was.Joe the chimney sweep – a poor young orphan boy, like Alfie and the boys in his care.No one else is concerned about the death of a street urchin, but Alfie is sure Joe was murdered.Along with his blind brother Sammy and cousins Jack and Tom, Alfie will do whatever it takes to get justice for Joe.Together they must brave the dark and dirty world of the chimney sweeps to uncover the deadly truth…DEATH OF A CHIMNEY SWEEP is the fourth young adult crime thriller in an exciting historical series, the Victorian London Murder Mysteries, following a gang of street urchins fighting crime in London’s slums. VICTORIAN LONDON MURDER MYSTERY SERIES: BOOK ONE: THE MONTGOMERY MURDERBOOK TWO: THE DEADLY FIREBOOK THREE: MURDER ON STAGEBOOK FOUR: DEATH OF A CHIMNEY SWEEPBOOK FIVE: THE BODY IN THE FOGBOOK SIX: DEATH IN THE DEVIL’S DEN