Sally Lockhart

A series of books by Philip Pullman about Sally Lockhart, a young woman living in Victorian London, who solves various mysteries with the help of her friends.

The four books in the series are:

• The Ruby in The Smoke
• The Shadow in the North
• The Tiger in the Well
• The Tin Princess

Main Characters:

• Sally Lockhart: Main character, a young woman who develops passion for solving mysteries after her father's death. "Uncommonly pretty" and works as a financial consultant.
• Jim Taylor: Sally's friend a young lovable Londoner who is courageous and outgoing. An office boy, helps Sally solve her mysteries.
• Frederick Garland: Love interest for Sally, photographer with an imaginative streak.
• Ah Ling: Villain in several of the books.
• Adelaide: Orphan who becomes a main character through the series.

The first two novels were adapted for television by BBC, notably starring Doctor Who's Billie Piper and Matt Smith as Sally and Jim Taylor.

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Tropes:

• Action Girl - Sally
• Bavarian Fire Drill: Jim and Frederick pull one in The Shadow in the North to get back files stolen from Sally's office. It's not their first time.

Jim: We've done it before... It's funny, ain't it, Fred? Amazing what you can get away with. You could walk in anywhere with a bit of paper in your hand--you could get away with murder, almost.

• Belligerent Sexual Tension: Sally and Frederick fight for a lot of the second book.
• Can't Stand Them Can't Live Without Them: Sally and Fred's attitude to one another for much of the second book.
• The Charmer- Jim
• Conveniently an Orphan - Adelaide
• Death by Sex: It's... unfortunate that Frederick dies not long after he and Sally first have sex.
• Deceased Parents Are the Best - Sally's father
• Everyone Can See It: Jim reflects that Sally and Fred are made for one another, so why do they have to fight all the time?
• Evil Cripple
• Fair Play Whodunnit
• Fiery Redhead - Rosa Garland
• The Film of the Book
• Heterosexual Life Partners: Jim and Fred.
• Her Heart Will Go On
• Heroic Sacrifice: Alas, poor Chaka and Frederick.
• Hey, It's That Guy! - Sally and Jim are Rose and Eleven, Mrs. Holland is Mrs. Weasley, Frederick is Henry Tilney, Hendrick Van Eedan is Lost in Austen's Darcy, and Axel Bellman is Lane Pryce.
• Historical Fantasy
• Lady of Adventure
• Like Brother and Sister: Jim and Sally. Another character says this of them at one point.
• Love At First Sight: Jim falls in love like this twice. Frederick tells Sally that he's loved her since their first meeting.
• Love Epiphany: "Do you know where I realised that? It was in the patent library..."
• London Gangster
• Married to the Job: Sally for quite some time.
• The Name Is Bond, James Bond
• Opium Den
• Platonic Life Partners: Jim and Sally.
• "The Reason You Suck" Speech: Frederick gives a brutal one to Sally in The Shadow in the North.

Frederick: There's you and there's the rest of us, and we're all inferior... Have you any idea of how unlikable you are, Sally? At your best you're magnificent, and I loved you for it. At your worst you're nothing but a smooth, self-righteous, patronizing bitch.

• Rags to Royalty - Adelaide
• Royals Who Actually Do Something - Adelaide
• Second Love
• Shoot the Dog: Unfortunately, a literal example. Sally's dog Chaka is killed in The Shadow in the North. It's a Heroic Sacrifice.
• So Beautiful It's a Curse: Lady Mary.
• Someone to Remember Him By
• Victorian London
• The Woman Wearing the Queenly Mask - Adelaide again
• Yellow Peril