{"product_id":"9781838856557","title":"Little Spark - Signed First Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Kidd, Jess | Historical fiction \u003cbr\u003ePublished 13\/08\/2026 by Canongate Books in the United Kingdom \u003cbr\u003eHardback | 352 pages\u003cbr\u003e220 x 141mm | 0g\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSigned First Edition - Hardback - Publishes August 13th\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A sumptuous Gothic mystery' NAT REEVE, author of NETTLEBLACK\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Kidd has imagination to die for' Guardian\u003c\/p\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":"THE CLEEVE BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57142207971703,"sku":"9781838856557","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/0729\/3737\/files\/9781838856557.jpg?v=1780421967","url":"https:\/\/thecleevebookshop.co.uk\/products\/9781838856557","provider":"The Cleeve Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}