Plots, spies and inventors abound in an epic adventure set between London and Paris ...
At her dull Victorian academy, fourteen-year-old Winnie dreams of becoming a top inventor like her father.
When he mysteriously vanishes, she is determined to find him โ but how?
Help comes unexpectedly from her headmistress. Turns out, her school is recruiting remarkable young women to guard Her Majesty the Queen.
Soon, Winnie is not only protecting royalty โ but developing the spy skills she needs to save her beloved Papa.