{"product_id":"little-spark-jess-kidd-9781838856557","title":"Little Spark","description":"\u003cp\u003eA \u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e historical fiction pick 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for the author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A sumptuous Gothic mystery\"\n— Nat Reeve, author of \u003cem\u003eNettleblack\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Kidd has imagination to die for\"\n— Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This tale of secrets and mysteries is steeped in atmospheric suspense. Gothic, yes, but galvanised by flashes of inventive wonder\"\n— Mail on Sunday\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Wildly imaginative ... [a] terrific steampunk tale\"\n— Daily Mail\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA secret cannot stay locked away forever\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBodkin Bell, orphan, pickpocket and survivor, doesn't know where she came from, but she knows she's different. Gaslights flare as she walks past. Cutlery spins. Shocks fly from her fingertips.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor years, she was 'Little Spark', the star of an electrifying travelling act — until it went too far and she ended up in a London gaol.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow she's been offered a way out. A chance to serve at Point Mote, a vast, desolate house marooned on the misty Kent marshes. There, she will assist a reclusive family of cunning inventors in the creation of automata: miraculous, lifelike machines for which gentlemen collectors will pay handsomely.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut this house of wonders hides mysteries too. As Bodkin starts to question why she is really there, she unearths secrets that have been buried bone-deep for years — and a truth beyond all imagining. One that was never meant to be found.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Canongate Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52182030844192,"sku":"9781838856557","price":16.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9781838856557_3053999.jpg?v=1789051893","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/little-spark-jess-kidd-9781838856557","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}