
A rollicking romp of a spy thriller from the acclaimed author of The Gone-Away World. - "A head-spinning cliffhanger that reads a bit like Harry Potter for grownups.... It would be a shame if no movie were made from this glorious piece of kaleidoscope-fiction." --The...






Joe Spork repairs clocks, a far cry from his late father, a flashy London gangster. But when Joe fixes one particularly unusual device, his life is suddenly upended. Joe's client, Edie Banister, is more than just a kindly old lady--she's a former superspy. And the device?...