This is a fiendishly pacy mystery-adventure story for 9+ readers set in the seamy smoggy underworld of Victorian London. Behold the savage spectacle of the wild boy
- one penny a kick! Wild Boy has been covered in hair since birth; he's the missing link a monster a sideshow spectacle. Condemned to life in a travelling freakshow excluded from society & abused by his master he takes refuge in watching people come & go at the fair
- & develops a Sherlock Holmes style talent for observation & detection. But when there's a murder suspicion turns on Wild Boy & he & the feisty redhaired acrobat Clarissa Everett find themselves on the run from a London-wide manhunt. Together the detective & the acrobat must solve clues to identify the real killer confronting the sinister underside of scientific advancement & the darkness of Wild Boy's own nature. Dripping with atmosphere & gothic gore Wild Boy" will appeal to fans of Sherlock Holmes gothic horror & all things murderous & mysterious. First novel from a confident new voice in children's fiction. Early interest in film rights for Wild Boy. Sequel title: " Wild Boy & The Black Terror" to follow."