A fast-paced historical mystery with breath-taking twists & turns that takes us from the bohemian world of late 19th-Century Paris to a deadly secret at the heart of the British Empire March 1881 London's East End Kitty Peck a spirited but vulnerable seventeen-year-old is the reluctant heiress to Paradise the criminal empire previously overseen by the formidable Lady Ginger Far from the colour & camaraderie of the music hall where Kitty had been working this newfound power brings with it isolation & uncertainty Desperate to reconnect with Joey her estranged brother Kitty travels to Paris Reunited at last she is unable to refuse his request to take a child back to London Within days of her return it's clear that someone has followed them & this someone is determined to kill the child & anyone who stands in their way