'I heard a murder being planned.' Scarper Jack is a chimney-sweep's boy and he's actually in a chimney when he hears two voices planning a murder. He knows where and when it's going to happen - but there's no way he can stop it. With the help of two unexpected friends - a posh boy and a sewer rat of a girl - he sets out to solve the mystery and track down the murderer. Only to find that it can be dangerous to know too much...

 

There are 208 pages in this book. This book was published 2008 by Penguin Books Ltd .

Christopher Russell has been a scriptwriter on numerous television and radio programmes, including EastEnders, A Touch of Frost and Midsomer Murders. He was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize for Brind and the Dogs of War, his first book for Puffin. He lives on the Isle of Wight.