Eastward in Clerkenwell lies the Mulberry Pleasure Garden: six acres of leafy walks, colonnades and pavillions. In this setting parade a variety of characters of awesome granduer, innocence and evil. All are denizens of the pleasure garden 'e" and all are subject to a ring of blackmail terror. Leon Garfield was the acclaimed author of more than thirty novels for children and adults. He received many accolades during his career, including the inaugural Guardian Children'e(tm)s Fiction Prize, the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Literary Award.