The Lamplighter

Anthony O'Neill

earliest edition we have, 2003 Pocket Star, 2004 paperback 432 pages

Edinburgh, 1860s: At the Fountainbridge Institute for Destitute Girls, clever orphan Evelyn Todd spins fantastic tales of the lamplighter who passes her window nightly. Her imaginings, forbidden by the home's strict governor, are all but forgotten when Evelyn is spirited away by a man who claims to be her father. Years later, a wave of vicious killings stains the city's cobbled streets. Three men from different worl...

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Editions we hold

The Lamplighter paperback · 2007 · Scribner · 320 pages · 9781416575320
Luces del infierno edition · 2004 · Rocaeditorial · 408 pages
The Lamplighter paperback · 2004 · Pocket Star · 432 pages · 9780743464277
The Lamplighter paperback · 2004 · Headline Review · 320 pages · 9780755303335
The Lamplighter paperback · 2003 · Flamingo
The lamplighter edition · 2003 · Review · 310 pages
The lamplighter edition · 2003 · Scribner · 308 pages

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