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But Sally also finds new friends in Jim Taylor, the company dogsbody at her father's firm, and the handsome photographer Frederick Garland.
- Philip Pullman
Sally's background, though unusual, is not impossible; and...
- Synopsis, Cast & Crew
Together, Sally, Fred and Jim pit their wits against the...
- Billie Piper
Billie Piper is Sally Lockhart When Billie Piper left her...
- Introduction
The Ruby In The Smoke is the first book in Pullman's...
- Philip Pullman
She befriends Jim Taylor, an office boy at her father's old shipping firm; Frederick Garland, a brilliant photographer; and his sister Rosa, a caring actress. Sally's high intelligence opens a career path for her as a financial consultant, an extremely difficult job for a woman to obtain considering women at this point still were refused the ...
Sally is helped by her friends, including Frederick Garland (J.J. Feild), a photographer, and Jim (Matt Smith), a young assistant at the family's shipping firm. The ever twisting mystery involves assassins, opium dens, Chinese gangs, and the Ruby of Agrapur.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Brian Percival
- 2007-02-04
The Ruby in the Smoke (1985) is a novel by the English author Philip Pullman. It went on to win the 1987 Lancashire Children's Book of the Year Award. [1] It was also adapted for television in 2006. This book is the first of the Sally Lockhart Quartet.
- Philip Pullman
- 1985
Frederick Garland, a photographer, and Jim Taylor, an office boy, emerge as the main heroes assisting Sally on her quest. Ultimately, however, Sally must face the villains on her own.
Sally Lockhart. Sally may only be 20 years old, but she's a remarkable young woman – beautiful, with extraordinary strength and determination. She was orphaned when her father, the shipping...
Apr 2, 2024 · The Ruby in the Smoke is the first in a pair of BBC adaptations of The Sally Lockhart Mysteries by Philip Pullman. It is part mystery, part adventure, part crime story and part period drama, with a formidable and resourceful heroine.
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