Two Crafty Criminals!, Philip Pullman
Two Crafty Criminals!, Philip Pullman
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Two Crafty Criminals!
and how they were Captured by the Daring Detectives of the New Cut Gang

Author: Philip Pullman

Narrator: Bruce Mann

Unabridged: 5 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/11/2012


Synopsis

Benny Kaminsky and Thunderbolt Dobney lead a rag-tag gang of neighborhood rowdies. Their territory is the New Cut on London's South Bank—a place bristling with swindlers, bookies, pickpockets, and the occasional policeman. And their aim is to solve crimes.

When counterfeit coins start showing up in their neighborhood, Thunderbolt fears his own father may be behind the crime. But his friends devise a way to trap the real culprit. Then the gang takes on the case of some stolen silver. They have just two clues—a blob of wax, and an unusually long match. But even this slippery thief is unmasked by the determined kids of the New Cut.

Filled with silly sleuthing, improbable disguises, crazy ruses, and merry mayhem, these stories are action-packed romps from one of the best storytellers ever—Philip Pullman.

About The Author

Philip Pullman is a master storyteller and winner of the prestigious Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award in honor of his body of work. He is the author of the bestselling Sally Lockhart mysteries and the internationally renowned His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass, winner of the Carnegie Medal; The Subtle Knife, winner of a Parents’ Choice Gold Award; The Amber Spyglass, the first children’s book to win the Whitbread Book of the Year Award; Lyra’s Oxford; and Once Upon a Time in the North.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jessie Leigh on March 26, 2012

Read This Review & More Like It On My Blog! The kids of the New Cut Gang live in that charmed and whimsical world children inhabit until the crush of adulthood and responsibility; adults fall in line with their demands and nothing is impossible for the likes of Benny, Thunderbolt, Bridie and Sharky B......more

Goodreads review by Ivonne on May 11, 2013

I truly loved the books of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy — The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass — despite a streak of darkness in that magical children’s series, but I was totally put off by Pullman’s contrarian cruelty in the second of the Sally Lockhart mysteri......more

Goodreads review by itchy on January 31, 2020

Thunderbolt's Waxwork [URL not allowed] * The Gas-Fitter's Ball [URL not allowed] typo: p84: "He's the Deputy Manger at the Gasworks," said Zerlina. p91: MacPhail's was the tobacconist's at the corner of the New Cut.......more

Goodreads review by Michelle on April 09, 2012

Two Crafty Criminals! and How They Were Captured by the Daring Detectives of the New Cut Gang is actually a really long, unwieldy new title for two previously released UK novellas: Thunderbolt's Waxwork and The Gas-Fitters' Ball. These two hilarious stories tell the adventures of a 'gang' of enchant......more


Quotes

Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews, March 15, 2012:
“A strong sense of right and wrong permeates the gleeful absurdity of the New Cut Gang’s madcap capers and refreshes the soul.”

Starred Review, School Library Journal, May 2012:
“Advanced younger readers…will find great joy in this Victorian detective novel with a sophisticated writing style.”

Review, The New York Times Book Review, May 13, 2012:
“[His stories] prove to be a hoot.”