The Reluctant Assassin (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (W.A.R.P.)

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Riley, a teen orphan boy living in Victorian London, has had the misfortune of being apprenticed to Albert Garrick, an illusionist who has fallen on difficult times and now uses his unique conjuring skills to gain access to victims' dwellings. On one such escapade, Garrick brings his reluctant apprentice along and urges him to commit his first killing.