Synopses & Reviews
“Grabs at the reader with hooked talons.”Eoin Colfer
A boy arrives at a remote village in the dead of night. His name is Ludlow Fitchand he is running from a most terrible past. What he is about to learn is that in this village is the life he has dreamed ofa safe place to live, and a job, as the assistant to the mysterious pawnbroker who trades peoples deepest, darkest secrets for cash. Ludlows job is to neatly transcribe the confessions in an ancient leather-bound tome: The Black Book of Secrets.
Ludlow yearns to trust his mentor, who refuses to disclose any information on his past experiences or future interactions. What the pawnbroker does not know is, in a town brimming with secrets, the most troubling may be held by his new apprentice.
Born in London, F.E. Higgins moved to Ireland at the age of seven. After attending university in Dublin, she returned to England, and now lives in a house that dates back to the 15th century in a small village in rural Kent. The Black Book of Secrets is her first novel.
Synopsis
When Ludlow Fitch's parents cruelly betray him, he steals away on the back of a carriage and leaves behind the stinking City. He arrives in the dead of night at a remote village, where he crosses paths with the tall and limping figure of Joe Zabbidou - a pawnbroker with a difference. For Joe trades secrets, not goods, for cash.
Ludlow is employed to record the villagers' fiendish confessions in The Black Book of Secrets. Bodysnatching; thievery; murder. The people of Pagus Parvus have much to hide. But is Ludlow Fitch ready to release his own skeletons? And will he ever learn to trust his mysterious master?
About the Author
Born in London, F. E. Higgins now lives in a small village in rural Kent. The Black Book of Secrets is her first novel. The author has completed her second novel, The Bomb Magician, due out in fall 2008 from Feiwel and Friends.