Midnight for Charlie Bone (Children of the Red King, book 1)
“Charlie ducked and wriggled all the way but he couldn't escape those steely claws. Grandma Bone was waiting for them in the hall, her face as hard as stone. "Well done, Venetia. One needs young legs to catch a villain." "Villain?" protested Charlie. He glanced at Aunt Venetia's red boots. Her legs weren't so very young. She was cunning, that was all. Grandma Bone prodded him into the kitchen, where he sat and rubbed his neck. His mother looked up from her new...spaper. "What's going on?" "We've been a wicked and deceitful boy,” said Grandma Bone. "Haven't we, Charlie? And a liar to boot." "Have not," muttered Charlie. "Oh, yes, I think we have." Grandma Bone sat opposite him and glared into his face. "He's got a case that doesn't belong to him, but he can't open it." Before Charlie could stop her, Aunt Venetia had plunged her hand into his pocket and pulled out the bunch of keys.MoreLess
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