"He was the ugliest, most evil-looking man I had ever seen. He glared up at me from the poster, his outline glistening as the ink dried, making him seem more alive and threatening. I held him out at arms length to stop him creasing . . . the effect was striking: and, although I felt slightly afraid of the vile-eyed villain, who seemed to strain to clamber out of the picture and throttle me, I was quite proud of my handiwork. After all, I told myself, if the poster scared people, they'd be all the more likely to try and help catch him."
Convicts, murderers and the shady inhabitants of the London underworld are part of daily life for 12-year-old printer's devil, Mog Winter - after all, Mog prints their 'Wanted' posters . . . But a face-to-face encounter with a real crook leads to Mog becoming enmeshed in an ingenious theft, a series of mistaken identities and a murder hunt . . . all connected to a recently docked ship from the Indian subcontinent, and Mog's own mysterious past.
A pacy adventure thriller set in the shadows of Newgate Prison and amid the bustle of the stinking East India docks. A vivid and exciting debut from a striking new talent.
