{"product_id":"the-lost-property-office-by-james-hannibal","title":"The Lost Property Office by James Hannibal","description":"\u003cp\u003eBook 1 of Section Thirteen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSummary: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"paragraph\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wsite-multicol\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wsite-multicol-table-wrap\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eThirteen-year-old Jack Buckles is great at finding things. Not just a missing glove or the other sock, but things normal people have long given up on ever seeing again. If only he could find his father, who has disappeared in London without a trace.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut Jack’s father was not who he claimed to be. It turns out that he was a member of a secret society of detectives that has served the crown for centuries—and membership into the Lost Property Office is Jack’s inheritance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNow the only way Jack will ever see his father again is if he finds what the nefarious Clockmaker is after: the Ember, which holds a secret that has been kept since the Great Fire of London. Will Jack be able to find the Ember and save his father, or will his talent for finding things fall short?\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wsite-multicol\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wsite-multicol-table-wrap\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOpening Lines:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA pair of rather large, blue-green beetles buzzed north over the River Thames, weaving back and forth over the water's surface in that haphazard pattern that beetles fly. Had they bothered to look, the early-morning joggers in London's Victoria Tower Gardens--wrapped up against the December cold in their leggings and winter caps--might have caught the glint of the rising sun reflecting off iridescent wings. Had they looked even closer, they might even have wondered if those wings were made of some strange metal alloy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut they did not look. No one ever does. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Imagination Investigation Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46663900758242,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0734\/8348\/5410\/files\/MysterySuspenseThrillerTheLostPropertyOffice-Hannibal.png?v=1754848483","url":"https:\/\/yvbmmp-18.myshopify.com\/products\/the-lost-property-office-by-james-hannibal","provider":"Imagination Investigation Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}