There was no-one like Chinky in 1890s Liverpool. A half-oriental street child brought up by her uncle in the squalor of the town’s worst slum district, she survived on her wits through begging and crime. As dirt-poor as her life had been, she was happy with it; but as her uncle’s past catches up with him, everything is about to change.

Praise for The Shoemaker's Apprentice: "Great fun, really fluent and fresh"
Bill Hamilton, AM Heath Literary Agents

"The sort of magic that most authors never really quite achieve"
Kate Lace, Romantic Novelists Association chairman 2007-2009

"It moves fast. The language is fabulous"
Carol McGrath, author of The Handfasted Wife

"A wonderfully original and intriguing storyline. A historical novel with a real difference"
Sarah Molloy, AM Heath Literary Agents 1993-2013