Peter Schock and Kate Dyer come from very different backgrounds.There have even been some mysterious 'ghostly' sightings of kids in 18th century garb that look remarkably like Peter and Kate. Meanwhile, back in the 21st century, a huge police hunt is underway with both families desperate to track down their missing children.
Naturally, Kate and Peter are homesick and upset by their displacement, but they are also resourceful and anxious to find a means to return to their own time.
Here they discover a world where highwaymen, thieves and cutpurses are a dangerous reality, and although life is very different in the past, friendship, hospitality and generosity can still be found. While witnessing an experiment with an anti-gravity machine, Peter and Kate, the eldest of the Dyer children, are hurled back in time and unceremoniously dumped in18th century England. Instead of a day watching a Premier League match, Peter ends up in Derbyshire with the family au pair, Margrit, who's visiting the Dyer family. However when his father cancels at the last minute, Peter has a huge row and screams "I hate you!" at him. It's just over a week before Christmas and Peter Schock is looking forward to a belated birthday treat - spending some precious time with his dad. Its narrative grips the reader as tightly as the hangman's noose that haunts the tale. The result is an attention-grabbing story with a fast-moving plot that switches back and forth between the 18th and 21st centuries. As a mother of two, Linda Buckley-Archer wrote the tale for her own children. A highly original cross between a historical novel, a thriller and a sci-fi page-turner, Gideon the Cutpurse is carefully researched to reflect an accurate portrait of 18th century England. An academic and a fan of children's fantasy fiction, Linda was inspired to write her first book after listening to historian Lucy Moore discussing aspects of 18th century crime. Linda Buckley-Archer's debut novel is the first part of a fantasy adventure trilogy.
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