Sally Lockhart Mysteries

Competition:See below

Starring: Billie Piper, Matt Smith & Sian Thomas
Directed by:
Review: Dave Burbidge
Release date: Jan 2008

She can run a business, ride like a Cossack and shoot straight with a pistol. Sally Lockhart is the bold, fresh heroine of this thrilling and terrifying tale from Philip Pullman, award-winning writer of the acclaimed His Dark Materials trilogy, also adapted for the big screen. Sally, recently orphaned, is alone and being hunted by an assassin. With her new friends - young photographer Frederick and quick-witted street child Jim - she must discover her father's killer. Facing them is an unseen, murderous opponent and at the heart of it all, the deadly, blood-drenched secret of the ruby in the smoke.

The Ruby In The Smoke is set in the 1870's when young Sally Lockhart (Piper) finds a message from her father, joint owner of a shipping firm and who had recently died in a shipwreck. It tells Sally to beware of the Seven Blessings, which although meaning nothing to her scares plenty of others. Sally teams up with Jim Taylor, a and the trail leads to the Ruby of Agrapur.

The Shadow In The North is set a few years later, Sally is now a consoltant, but a strange case of a sunken ship and Lloyds of London being suspicious, sets her off on her investigating again. She also crosses the path of the Garland Detective Agency, who have a very strange case involving a magician!

Competition:

We have a 2 DVD box set to win, courtesy of BBC DVD. To enter just tell us the name of Piper's big hit single. Closes 15th Feb 2008.