Praise for The Tzar's Curious Runaways (2019) picked by the Telegraph as one of the best books of the year and The Acrobats of Agra (2020) picked by the Observer as one of the best books of the year: A BRILLIANTLY SUSPENSEFUL NOVEL WHICH SHOULD HAVE EVEN THE MOST RELUCTANT READER EAGER TO REACH THE NEXT CLIFF-EDGE. The Telegraph, From the author of The Tzar's Curious Runaways, this is another breath-taking adventure .' READING ZONE "Long ago" and "far away" were comprehensively nailed by Robin Scott-Elliot in The Acrobats of Agra (Everything With Words). Circus performers are a reliably unruly device in children's fiction, and here apprentice acrobat Bea, her teacher, his tiger and their new friend Ping performed myriad leaps of faith to outfox a siege as the empire began to slip. OBSERVER

A Girl. A War. Who to Trust? Even your friends may betray you. In war everyone becomes a new person and some seem to shed their old skin entirely. Paris 1942, when Amelie Dreyfus hides in her mother's cupboard, it's a game; when she comes out it's a matter of life and death.