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Sensible Violet Manville and her very ladylike half-sister Sephora are absolutely bored, thank you very much. Though neither of them would ever admit it aloud, they're missing the thrill of playing detective. So when Violet receives a letter from A Heartbroken Mother sent to her alter-ego, the Agony Aunt known to the world only as Miss Hermione, her pulse can't help but quicken. The daughter in question has gotten caught up in a cult: the Hermetic Order of the Children of Aed. Rumors of human sacrifices, mystical doings, and a ghost in the ruined Alburn Abbey where the Children pray have gripped the public consciousness, helped along by a series of novels about the group, written by the mysterious Count Orlando, and clearly this girl has fallen prey. Miss Hermione's investigation soon collides with very real life when Violet discovers a surprising connection to the cult. With the dashing-but-frustrating Eli Marsh turning up and a member of the Children poisoned, Violet and Sephora--along with their ever-trusty housekeeper Bunty--may have more intrigue than they can manage.

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Anastasia Hastings has, over a thirty-year-career, published over sixty novels in a number of different genres and under a number of names―Miss Hermione would approve. She is a Sherlock Holmes devotee and a Victorian England aficionado, and she enjoys learning about history as it applies to the everyday lives of the people who lived it. She lives outside of Cleveland with her husband, David, and her Airedale, Eliot Ness. Mia Hutchinson-Shaw is a queer actor and voice artist based in NYC. She came to narration with a background in classical and period-drama theater and trained in the UK at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. When not performing, she is thrifting for her next outrageous, colorful clothing item, getting on her soapbox about low-waste living, or hunting handmade jewelers for a new item for her collection of giant earrings.

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