{"product_id":"little-spark-by-jess-kidd-signed-copy-available","title":"Little Spark by Jess Kidd SIGNED COPY available","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'A sumptuous Gothic mystery' NAT REEVE, author of NETTLEBLACK\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Kidd has imagination to die for' Guardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA secret cannot stay locked away forever. Bodkin Bell, orphan, pickpocket and survivor, doesn't know where she came from, but she knows she's different. Gaslights flare as she walks past. Cutlery spins.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShocks fly from her fingertips. For years, she was 'Little Spark', the star of an electrifying travelling act - until it went too far and she ended up in a London gaol. Now she's been offered a way out.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA chance to serve at Point Mote, a vast, desolate house marooned on the misty Kent marshes. There, she will assist a reclusive family of cunning inventors in the creation of automata: miraculous, lifelike machines for which gentlemen collectors will pay handsomely. But this house of wonders hides mysteries too.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs Bodkin starts to question why she is really there, she unearths secrets that have been buried bone-deep for years - and a truth beyond all imagining. One that was never meant to be found.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePreorder now for delivery on 13th August - signed copies on 22nd Sept.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoin us for an evening with Jess\u003c\/strong\u003e, either in person or by Zoom here: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/waveofnostalgia.co.uk\/products\/an-evening-with-jess-kidd-little-spark-7pm-20aug26-in-shop-or-by-zoom\"\u003eAn evening with Jess Kidd - Little Spark 7PM 20AUG26 In shop or by Zoo – Wave of Nostalgia\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat:Hardback 352 pages, b\/w map illustration\u003cbr\u003ePublisher:Canongate Books\u003cbr\u003eImprint:Canongate Books\u003cbr\u003eEdition:Main\u003cbr\u003eISBN:9781838856557\u003cbr\u003ePublished:13 Aug 2026\u003cbr\u003eClassifications:Historical fiction\u003cbr\u003eWeight:454g\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wave of Nostalgia","offers":[{"title":"NOT signed copy","offer_id":65511257407837,"sku":null,"price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"SIGNED COPY","offer_id":65511257440605,"sku":null,"price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/8838\/2301\/files\/9781838856557.jpg?v=1786105299","url":"https:\/\/waveofnostalgia.co.uk\/products\/little-spark-by-jess-kidd-signed-copy-available","provider":"Wave of Nostalgia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}