The Raven's Knot
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The Raven's Knot is the second book in the Tales from the Wyrd Museum series by Robin Jarvis
. It was originally published in 1995.
. Two mysterious deaths and the women of the town are falling ill. Could the strange crow dolls appearing in their houses be involved? Back in London, Neil Chapman living in the Wyrd Museum (a strange building owned by the three mysterious Webster sisters) once more enters the 'Separate Collection,' and discovers a stuffed raven that has come back to life. Then one of the Webster sisters go missing, along with Edie Dorkins, the elfin girl brought out of the past to carry on the sisters' work. What has called Miss Veronica away from the safe-haven of the museum? A memory of a past life and a lost love, enough to risk her life and the destruction of her sisters and the powerful secrets they keep. Will Neil get there in time to save the women of Glastonbury from a terrible fate, and to save the Websters from the great Battle that is coming?
Robin Jarvis
Robin Jarvis is a British children's novelist, who writes fantasy novels, often about anthropomorphic rodents and small mammals – especially mice – and Tudor times...
. It was originally published in 1995.
Synopsis
Something ominous is happening in GlastonburyGlastonbury
Glastonbury is a small town in Somerset, England, situated at a dry point on the low lying Somerset Levels, south of Bristol. The town, which is in the Mendip district, had a population of 8,784 in the 2001 census...
. Two mysterious deaths and the women of the town are falling ill. Could the strange crow dolls appearing in their houses be involved? Back in London, Neil Chapman living in the Wyrd Museum (a strange building owned by the three mysterious Webster sisters) once more enters the 'Separate Collection,' and discovers a stuffed raven that has come back to life. Then one of the Webster sisters go missing, along with Edie Dorkins, the elfin girl brought out of the past to carry on the sisters' work. What has called Miss Veronica away from the safe-haven of the museum? A memory of a past life and a lost love, enough to risk her life and the destruction of her sisters and the powerful secrets they keep. Will Neil get there in time to save the women of Glastonbury from a terrible fate, and to save the Websters from the great Battle that is coming?