For fans of Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events and Trenton
Lee Stewart's Mysterious Benedict Society, here comes the fifth book in
the Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place, the acclaimed and hilarious
Victorian mystery series by Maryrose Wood.
Lord Fredrick Ashton may not feel ready to be a father, but with a
little Ashton on the way, he's sure about one thing: the wolfish curse
on his family must end soon, before the child is born. Penelope
willingly takes on the challenge; when Lady Constance's doctor
prescribes a seaside holiday, Penelope jumps at the chance to take the
three Incorrigible children to Brighton, where she hopes to persuade the
old sailor Pudge to reveal what he knows about the Ashton curse.
But the Ashtons are not the only ones at the beach in January. The
passionately temperamental Babushkinov family is also taking the winter
waters.
The Incorrigible children may have been raised by wolves, but the
Babushkinov children are the wildest creatures they've ever seen. Is it
more than mere coincidence that these untamed children have turned up in
Brighton just as Penelope and the Incorrigibles arrive?