WHEN ONE OF Sally's clients loses a large sum of money in the unexpected collapse of a British shipping firm, Sally sets out to investigate. But as she delves deeper into the identity of a wealthy and elusive industrialist, she uncovers a plot so diabolical, it could subvert...
In 1878 in London, Sally, now twenty-two and established in her own business, and her companions Frederick and Jim try to solve the mystery surrounding the unexpected collapse of a shipping firm and its ties to a sinister corporation called North Star.
Starting her own business in 1878, Sally Lockhart tries to learn the identity of a wealthy industrialist who has lost a huge sum of money and is confronted by a group of powerful individuals who will stop at nothing to keep the secret