From the bestselling author of The Garden of Lost Secrets comes a thrilling new mystery filled
with ticking secrets and gripping adventure set against an Edwardian backdrop of invention and
change. JUNE 1905.Helena and her parrot Orbit are swept off to Cambridge when her father is
appointed clock-winder to one of the wealthiest men in England. There is only one rule: the
clocks must never stop.Soon Helena discovers the house of one hundred clocks holds many
mysteries a ghostly figure strange notes and stolen winding keys... Can she work out the
house's secrets before time runs out?Howell is a hypnotically readable writer who keeps the
pulse racing while allowing every character slowly to unravel. The TelegraphFans of Emma
Carroll will adore this historical tale of derring-do and righted wrongs. The Times on The
Garden of Lost Secrets
