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4-6Barnaby Grimes series.
Illustrated by
Chris Riddell.
Barnaby, a tick-tock lad (or messenger), suspects there is a connection between recent wolf attacks and a local doctor's curative tonic after the doctor's patients start dying. Barnaby investigates and becomes a victim of the doctor's wicked scheme. Riddell's illustrations convey the Victorian setting and show Barnaby's skillful maneuvering of the city's rooftops in this gruesome start to an imaginative new series.