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Readers revisit Philip Pullman's 'The Ruby in the Smoke'

Original: Just finished 'The Ruby in the Smoke' by Philip Pullman. Published ten years before 'Northern Lights'' and set in London

A reader has finished 'The Ruby in the Smoke', Philip Pullman's Victorian-era mystery set in London, and describes it as an enjoyable young adult novel starring a plucky young heroine drawn into a murder-filled mystery. The book was published a decade before 'Northern Lights', and the post highlights Pullman's earlier work outside the better-known 'His Dark Materials' trilogy.

Why now: Readers are sharing and discussing Philip Pullman's less famous early novel, prompting fresh attention to his backlist.

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• Just finished 'The Ruby in the Smoke' by Philip Pullman. Published ten years before 'Northern Lights'' and set in London during the Victorian era, this is an enjoyable YA novel with a plucky young heroine who finds herself enmeshed in a murder-filled mystery connected to the… · imalcolm · 5

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