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In Susanna Calkinsis atmospheric debut book, a chambermaid must uncover an assassin in seventeenth-century problem-ridden LondonFor Lucy Campion, a seventeenth-century Language chambermaid helping within the household of the neighborhood magistrate, life is definitely an endless repetition of sharpening pewter, emptying chamber pots, and coping with additional household tasks until a fellow-servant is ruthlessly murdered, and someone she loves is mistakenly imprisoned for that offense. In a period where in actuality the accused are presumed guilty until proven innocent, attorneys are not allowed to protect their customers, and--when the trouble does not destroy them first--community accomplishments attract a sizable group of fans, Lucy knows she might never notice this person living again. Except, that's, she could determine the real assassin. Decided to complete only that, Lucy finds herself going out-of her anticipated stop and into crazy models' stores, deceptive gypsy camps, the bad streets of London, and actually the bowels of Newgate jail on the path that may lead her straight into the hands of the monster.