A professional co-respondent with a side line in blackmail, a shallow coquette, a naval officer, a maid ... love strikes the least likely subjects, and makes idols even of the unworthy, but the loss of the least worthy lover can be an enduring sorrow. Eleven little tales of loves lost, loves mourned ... and just possibly loves redeemed.
Things end, belief fades, but even when the world changes, stories remain. Stories about magic, stories about dragons, stories from worlds that never were and even, here and there, stories that impinge on the world we think we know.
She is, only and always, Kate, and she has not come to Vienna for the dancing. But caught between a Department that distrusts her and an adversary who knows her immediately for one of his own, Kate - traceuse, pickpocket and cat burglar - finds that Vienna is always about dancing, and that the dance is in her blood. Carefully-plotted and emotionally involving, this is a book whose well drawn characters and fine prose can be savoured at leisure. It's also page turner whose intrigue, strong capable women and exotic locations can beguile away a long journey.
From the mysterious confidence of Cal Turner to the irrepressible insouciance of Kathryn Blake, very little is what it seems. There are stones with a secret and stones with a purpose, answers found and answers withheld, eleven little tales of lies told and lies uncovered ... some with more excuse than others.
Life's short. Enjoy it. This is the slogan of Leata, the wonder-drug that sixteen-year-old Hope has been taking since she was a child, just like the rest of her family. Well, the rest of the country really. For who would choose not to take it - a perfectly safe little pill that just helps 'take the edge off' life. Because everyone can do with a little help staying happy sometimes . . . Especially Hope, whose life is maybe not as perfect as she likes to make out on her blog. Tom's never taken Leata. Why would he? His family are happy as they are. At least they were, until the sudden death of his journalist father. The police are unequivocal: his dad killed himself. But Tom just can't believe it. Consumed by grief, he obsessively begins to unravel the trail that leads to his dad's final news story. And Hope is there to help. As a Leata-backed blogger, Hope wants to steer Tom into 'positive living'. Instead, her efforts take them down a path she could never have expected - into the murky underworld that lies beneath the surface of the 'happy' drug everyone wants to love . . . and the secrets it will kill to hide.
Things end, belief fades, but even when the world changes, stories remain. Stories about magic, stories about dragons, stories from worlds that never were and even, here and there, stories that impinge on the world we think we know.
A professional co-respondent with a side line in blackmail, a shallow coquette, a naval officer, a maid ... love strikes the least likely subjects, and makes idols even of the unworthy, but the loss of the least worthy lover can be an enduring sorrow. Eleven little tales of loves lost, loves mourned ... and just possibly loves redeemed.
From the mysterious confidence of Cal Turner to the irrepressible insouciance of Kathryn Blake, very little is what it seems. There are stones with a secret and stones with a purpose, answers found and answers withheld, eleven little tales of lies told and lies uncovered ... some with more excuse than others.
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