The Jumbies the bet What she finds there will

What she finds there will put her on the trail of a mysterious figure named Hugo Blackwood

Drawing on exhaustive research and highly personal interviews with Webb's family

but leads him and his trusty assistant Jack Barak into the dark and labyrinthine world of court politics

open-mindedness and passion

The Jumbies the bet What she finds there willThe start of an exciting series filled with Caribbean folklore, daring adventure, and ancient magic, from New York Times bestselling author Tracey Baptiste. Corinne La Mer isnt afraid of anything. Not scorpions, not the boys who tease her, and certainly not jumbies. She knows that jumbies arent real; theyre just creatures parents make up to frighten their children. But on All Hallows Eve, Corinne chases an agouti all the way into the forbidden woods.