Cathy FitzGerald Books

Pinch Perkins lives in Tricky Dragon Lane in the Crooked Mile magical community within London. Protected by boundary charms from the sight of non-magical Londoners (Humdrums), many witches and wizards live in neighbourhoods across the city.

It soon transpires that Pinch is in more danger than she realises and that ancient, vengeful forces are at work. Her quest becomes a race against time as she meets a series of powerful and nefarious characters in a frantic attempt to save the souls of the curse’s victims before they are lost forever.

This is well set for the follow-up, and I’d be keen to read it as the writing is clever with likeable, engaging or rather dark characters, and there is a definite sense of not having heard the last of a few of them!