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Scarlet finds a real treasure in her grandma´s flat: a novel that
her gran wrote, imagining the life of a girl just like Scarlet.
But as Scarlet reads about Ruby´s life in Victorian London, she begins
to realise this is no piece of fiction - Ruby was real! A real
life, facing real danger - and a mystery that rumbles on to the
present day.

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When Scarlet´s grandma goes into a retirement home, she must sort
through her belongings in the cramped flat above a shop in Crouch
End, north London. Here Scarlet comes across a real treasure: a
novel that Gran wrote, imagining the life of a girl just like Scarlet,
who once upon a time lived in the flat and worked in a cake
shop downstairs.
But as Scarlet reads about Ruby´s life in Victorian London, she begins
to realise this is no piece of fiction - Ruby was real! A real
life, facing real danger - and a mystery that unravels to the
present day.

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Karen McCombie wuchs in Aberdeen, Schottland, auf. Sie arbeitete als Redakteurin für verschiedene Jugendzeitschriften, u.a. SUGAR. Ihren ersten Roman schrieb sie, nachdem sie eine Vielzahl von Kurzgeschichten veröffentlicht hatte. Karen McCombie lebt mit ihrem Mann und ihren vier Katzen in London.

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