Stolen from their cradle by dastardly ringmaster Finian Macabre, knife-throwing twins Cuthbert and Fatima have become the star act in the Great Macabre's struggling circus. They dream of leaving the big top behind, but will they ever escape and be re-united with their long-lost father? Aided by an unsavoury troupe of sociopathic poodles, shifty penguins, vicious clowns and one very objectionable witch, the Great Macabre will do everything he can to stop the Gruesome Twosome from getting away...

 

There are 288 pages in this book. This book was published 2005 by Scholastic .

Keith Brumpton is a TV scriptwriter as well as a writer and illustrator of children's books. Keith Brumpton is a TV scriptwriter as well as a writer and illustrator of children's books.