Gaslight Geezers: Part 4

By GARRY KILWORTH, Illustrator JOHN HOWE

He hit the red queen so hard she flew upwards and struck the ceiling like a bullet, chipping the plaster before ricocheting into the water of a vase of flowers, where her tiny boiler exploded.'Bother,' muttered Bryony. 'These new pieces are too enthusiastic for a quiet game...'Monty said, 'This time it sounds serious -- Spindrick, I mean.'Bryony clucked. 'I suppose now you're going to go off and do your famous detecting and unearth the whereabouts of the bomb.''I suppose I have to try.''You'll be taunted all the way by Spindrick, of course. He loves to get you running around doing your detective work.' Bryony paused again and looked up at the ceiling. 'His mother should never have given him that black cloak for his seventh birthday. It did something to his weak mind, you know.'

Publisher: Random House

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