Meet heroic maid Pattern in The Last Duchess the first Silver Service Mystery from Laura Powell illustrated by Sarah Gibb Pattern is only thirteen but is already rising through the ranks at Mrs Minchin's Academy of Domestic Servitude & seems destined for a life below stairs But fate intervenes when she is packed off to the small & secretive Duchy of Elffinberg to serve as lady's maid to the recently orphaned Grand Duchess Pattern's young new mistress is excitable & paranoid yet despite their differences the two girls forge an unlikely friendship that quickly turns into a battle for survival For picture-perfect Elffinberg hides an extremely dark & deadly secret Armed only with her trusty sewing basket a bottle of smelling salts & J Bulcock's inestimable guide The Duties of a Lady's Maid Pattern will need all her wits & resourcefulness when dealing with above-stairs conspiracies & below-stairs intrigue Darning stockings has never been so dangerous