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    The Hurdy Gurdy Boy and the New York Kidnap
    The Death of the Hurdy Gurdy Boy
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    The Ghost Detective Series

    By Peter John Cooper

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    About this series

    Tamara’s in serious trouble. The young violinist is held captive in a New York hotel room and, deeply scared, she pleads for help from the only person in the world who can help her. But Tommy is the ghost of a Victorian street urchin. He knows nothing about the world outside the streets of Stepney in the East End of London and certainly nothing about the 21st century which appears so alien to him. But, by using all his ingenuity, he embarks on an extraordinary journey that involves getting to grips with cars, tube-trains, telephones and undertaking his first ever aeroplane journey to New York. But finding Tamara is only the beginning of a startling chase across the United States ending up in a small mining town in South Dakota while a blizzard rages.
    The story is suitable for adults and young adults. It is both funny and touching and, because it aims to be entirely truthful, it can at times be disturbing. As a reviewer said about the first novel in the series “The Death of the Hurdy Gurdy Boy” It is dark as history is dark

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPeter John Cooper
    Release dateNov 21, 2013
    The Hurdy Gurdy Boy and the New York Kidnap
    The Death of the Hurdy Gurdy Boy

    Titles in the series (2)

    • 1

      The Death of the Hurdy Gurdy Boy
      The Death of the Hurdy Gurdy Boy

      The Death of the Hurdy Gurdy Boy

      Peter John Cooper
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      Tommy the street musician is murdered in a London shop doorway one bitterly cold December night in 1882. One hundred and thirty years later his troubled spirit befriends a young violinist, Tamara, granddaughter of Polish refugees and encourages her to help him answer the questions "Who?" and "Why?". In doing so she confronts her own problems with the world. The story is vibrant and funny showing twenty-first century life through the eyes of a Victorian street urchin. The themes are occasionally dark but always emotionally truthful. Accessible to readers from twelve upwards but can be equally enjoyed by adult readers in the style pioneered by J.K Rowling and Terry Pratchett. One adult reader described it thus: "It was dark, as history is dark, but any generation should find something to like in this tale of a boy and the girl who helps him with the mystery of his life." This is the first published novel by acclaimed British poet and playwright Peter John Cooper who is known for his quirky, humorous and emotionally satisfying work.

      Tommy the street musician is murdered in a London shop doorway one bitterly cold December night in 1882. One hundred and thirty years later his troubled spirit befriends a young violinist, Tamara, granddaughter of Polish refugees and encourages her to help him answer the questions "Who?" and "Why?". In doing so she confronts her own problems with the world. The story is vibrant and funny showing twenty-first century life through the eyes of a Victorian street urchin. The themes are occasionally dark but always emotionally truthful. Accessible to readers from twelve upwards but can be equally enjoyed by adult readers in the style pioneered by J.K Rowling and Terry Pratchett. One adult reader described it thus: "It was dark, as history is dark, but any generation should find something to like in this tale of a boy and the girl who helps him with the mystery of his life." This is the first published novel by acclaimed British poet and playwright Peter John Cooper who is known for his quirky, humorous and emotionally satisfying work.

    • 2

      The Hurdy Gurdy Boy and the New York Kidnap
      The Hurdy Gurdy Boy and the New York Kidnap

      The Hurdy Gurdy Boy and the New York Kidnap

      Peter John Cooper
      0 ratings
      0 ratings

      Tamara’s in serious trouble. The young violinist is held captive in a New York hotel room and, deeply scared, she pleads for help from the only person in the world who can help her. But Tommy is the ghost of a Victorian street urchin. He knows nothing about the world outside the streets of Stepney in the East End of London and certainly nothing about the 21st century which appears so alien to him. But, by using all his ingenuity, he embarks on an extraordinary journey that involves getting to grips with cars, tube-trains, telephones and undertaking his first ever aeroplane journey to New York. But finding Tamara is only the beginning of a startling chase across the United States ending up in a small mining town in South Dakota while a blizzard rages. The story is suitable for adults and young adults. It is both funny and touching and, because it aims to be entirely truthful, it can at times be disturbing. As a reviewer said about the first novel in the series “The Death of the Hurdy Gurdy Boy” It is dark as history is dark

      Tamara’s in serious trouble. The young violinist is held captive in a New York hotel room and, deeply scared, she pleads for help from the only person in the world who can help her. But Tommy is the ghost of a Victorian street urchin. He knows nothing about the world outside the streets of Stepney in the East End of London and certainly nothing about the 21st century which appears so alien to him. But, by using all his ingenuity, he embarks on an extraordinary journey that involves getting to grips with cars, tube-trains, telephones and undertaking his first ever aeroplane journey to New York. But finding Tamara is only the beginning of a startling chase across the United States ending up in a small mining town in South Dakota while a blizzard rages. The story is suitable for adults and young adults. It is both funny and touching and, because it aims to be entirely truthful, it can at times be disturbing. As a reviewer said about the first novel in the series “The Death of the Hurdy Gurdy Boy” It is dark as history is dark

    Author

    Peter John Cooper

    Peter John Cooper is a British playwright and poet as well as a novelist. His poetry is dramatic and his plays are poetic. He has been a playwright for forty years and has written dozens of plays which have been performed all over the UK. Recently he began putting them online so that people can perform them for audiences all over the world. He reads his poetry in clubs in the town of Bournemouth where he lives and throughout the South of England. He lives in a flat which looks over the cliff to the sea.which joins him to his readers all over the world He started writing stories for his daughters when they were growing up and he’s now happy to be publishing some of them for others to enjoy.

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