The case of the Limehouse laundry
Title:
The case of the Limehouse laundry
Author:
Read, Anthony.
ISBN:
9781406336368
Publication Information:
London : Walker, 2012.
Physical Description:
156 p. ; 20 cm
Series:
The Baker Street Boys ; 4
Baker Street Boys ; 4.
Series Title:
The Baker Street Boys ;
Baker Street Boys ;
Abstract:
London's docklands: home to a large Chinese community and rife with smuggling - and not only of goods. Into the fray burst Sherlock Holmes' Irregulars, who find themselves swinging into action to stop a thriving racket shanghaiing children into slavery. And never is the cause more desperate than when one of those children is their very own Rosie.
Subject:
| Baker Street Irregulars (Fictitious characters) -- Juvenile fiction. |
| Child labor -- England -- London -- Juvenile fiction. |
| Slavery -- England -- London -- Juvenile fiction. |
| Chinese -- England -- London -- Juvenile fiction. |
| Detective and mystery stories. |
| Children's stories. |
Summary:
London's docklands: home to a large Chinese community and rife with smuggling - and not only of goods. Into the fray burst Sherlock Holmes' Irregulars, who find themselves swinging into action to stop a thriving racket shanghaiing children into slavery. And never is the cause more desperate than when one of those children is their very own Rosie.