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  1. 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. It was also adapted for television in 2006. This book is the first of the Sally Lockhart Quartet. It is followed by The Shadow in the North, The Tiger in the Well and The Tin Princess.

    • Philip Pullman
    • 1985
  2. Jan 1, 1985 · In The Ruby In The Smoke: A Sally Lockhart Mystery, his teenage heroine is encouraged to use drugs to fill in the plot-holes of her life, and she shoots and kills an evil pirate, with a gun she had locked and loaded in her handbag.

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    • Mass Market Paperback
  3. About The Ruby in the Smoke: A Sally Lockhart Mystery. “BEWARE THE SEVEN blessings . . . ” When she first utters these words, 16-year-old Sally Lockhart doesn’t know their meaning. But when an employee of her late father hears them, he dies of fear.

    • Paperback
  4. Feb 4, 2007 · The Ruby in the Smoke: Directed by Brian Percival. With Billie Piper, Matt Smith, Sian Thomas, Kay Lyon. In Victorian England, a young woman searches for a priceless ruby and uncovers even greater mysteries.

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    • Crime, Drama, Mystery
    • Brian Percival
    • 2007-02-04
  5. Sep 9, 2008 · Pullman's 'Ruby in the Smoke' is an intriguing and gripping mystery for young adults or pre-teens. It is not quite as deep, tightly woven, or well-written as a few other books for this age group (notably, Harry Potter), but it still presents a quality read.

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    • Philip Pullman
  6. Mar 29, 2017 · Philip Pullman begins his Sally Lockhart trilogy with a bang in The Ruby in the Smoke--a fast-paced, finely crafted thriller set in a rogue- and scalawag-ridden Victorian London. His 16-year-old heroine has no time for the usual trials of adolescence: her father has been murdered, and she needs to find out how and why.

    • Philip Pullman
  7. The Ruby in the Smoke. Philip Pullman. Random House, 1985 - Juvenile Fiction - 230 pages. In search of clues to the mystery of her father's death, 16-year-old Sally Lockhart ventures into the...