Twelve Minutes to Midnight

Written by Christopher Edge

Book #1 in the Penelope Tredwell Mysteries series

A young writer uncovers a chilling mystery at an asylum where inmates predict the future.

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256 pages· 51,317 words· Est. 5.5 hour read· 1050L

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Bookroo's summary

Thirteen-year-old Penelope Tredwell, the secret author behind Victorian Britain's hit magazine, faces her greatest challenge yet. When the Bedlam asylum's inmates start writing eerie visions of the future at midnight, Penelope is called to unravel the mystery. What dark force is at play, and can she solve it before it's too late? Dive into a world where the line between fiction and reality blurs, and every revelation is more terrifying than the last. Will Penelope's wit and courage be enough to confront the unknown lurking in the shadows?

From the publisher

Penelope Tredwell is the feisty thirteen-year-old orphan heiress of Victorian Britain’s bestselling magazine, the Penny Dreadful. Her spine-chilling tales—concealed under the pen name Montgomery Finch—are gripping the public. One day she receives a letter from the governor of the Bedlam madhouse requesting Finch’s help to investigate the asylum’s strange goings-on. Every night at precisely twelve minutes to midnight, the inmates all begin feverishly writing-incoherent ramblings that Penelope quickly realizes are frightening visions of the century to come. But what is causing this phenomenon? In the first book of this smart new series, Penelope is drawn into a thrilling mystery more terrifying than anything she could ever imagine!

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