Barnaby Grimes is a Dickensian style tick-tock lad, running errands in his city and 'high-stacking' around the rooftops in search of new mysteries to solve. In this first adventure, Barnaby is attacked one night by an enormous dog. He kills it - but finds himself swept up in a world of crooked doctors, poor and ill-advised patients, strange tonics and very expensive furs...Could there be more to the seemingly respectable Dr Cadwallader, his tonics and the huge dogs that are roaming the city at night? When Barnaby's old acquaintance Benjamin goes missing, Barnaby decides to dig deeper...Now with fabulous new CDs read by Paul Panting, This new series from the bestselling dream team of Stewart and Riddell is a must for all fans of the Edge Chronicles - but also for fans of Horowitz and Shan, as they move into new territory and deliver a brilliantly exciting thriller-horror for boys.
- ISBN10 1846576687
- ISBN13 9781846576683
- Publish Date 3 January 2008
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 15 March 2016
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Penguin Random House Children's UK
- Imprint Random House Children's Books
- Edition Unabridged edition
- Format Audiobook (CD)
- Duration 3 hours and 12 minutes
- Language English