15 year-old Kelly
Faulkner’s family holiday
destination turns out to be further away than she expected – at
least in time!
Her new mobile phone,
an excavated cellar, and
unearthed babies’ bones, are the elements that conjure up the
appearance, from the 1850s, of Handy Tanner.
Handy’s touch flashes
them to Victorian Portsmouth
where the unscrupulous baby-farmer Ma Chalmers, and the corrupt
Redvers Hunkin, spread despair and misery.
Kelly’s trips are
short-lived, and full of danger,
as she uses her invisibility to help Handy.
Back in the modern
world, she has problems of her
own. A sleazy pair of foreigners show interest in her young sister,
Amy, as well as Sweep, the guest-house owner’s powerboat.
Their murderous plot is foiled by Kelly and the time-travelling, and
unseen Handy.
This tale
of unpredictable time-switching, corruption and betrayal, provides an
adventure
where APPEARANCES are
unreliable.
