A paranormal crime novel set in an alternate regency London where vampires and werewolves are known and have their own courts and politics. Entering this world is Flora Peake, a girl on the cusp of her presentation, who is caught between two worlds, one of magick and one of balls and tea parties. The investigation is in regards to missing children but despite the dark subject matter it is written with a light wit where the victim is never the subject of the joke.