IPG Children's Publisher of the Year

Twelve Minutes to Midnight

  • Author: Christopher Edge

Twelve Minutes to Midnight is the first book in an electrifying series written with a fast-paced cinematic style. Penelope Tredwell is the feisty thirteen-year-old orphan heiress of the bestselling magazine, The Penny Dreadful. Her masterly tales of the macabre are gripping Victorian Britain, even if no one knows she’s the real author. One day, a letter she receives from the governor of the notorious Bedlam madhouse plunges her into an adventure more terrifying than anything she has ever imagined…

In the Series

Twelve Minutes to Midnight

  • Author: Christopher Edge
  • Publication: 2 Feb 2012
  • Age: 10+

The first book in a must-read new series for fans of Philip Reeve, Marcus Sedgwick and Anthony Horowitz.

Shadows of the Silver Screen

  • Author: Christopher Edge
  • Publication: 10 Jan 2013
  • Type: Fiction
  • Age: 10+

A mysterious filmmaker approaches The Penny Dreadful with a proposal to turn Montgomery Flinch’s sinister stories into motion pictures.

The Black Crow Conspiracy

  • Author: Christopher Edge
  • Publication: 9 Jan 2014
  • Type: Fiction
  • Age: 10+

When Penny receives a story for the magazine about a strange and supernaturally-tinged crime, she’s instantly gripped …