An EdgarÂź AwardâWinning Series
Myrtle Hardcastleâtwelve-year-old Young Lady of Quality and Victorian amateur detectiveâis back on the case, solving a string of bizarre murders in her hometown of Swinburne and picking up right where she left off in Premeditated Myrtle and How to Get Away with Myrtle.
When the proprietor of Leightonâs Mercantile is found dead on the morning his annual Christmas shop display is to be unveiled, itâs clear a killer had revenge in mind. But who would want to kill the local dry-goods merchant? Perhaps someone who remembers the mysterious scandal that
destroyed his career as a professor and archaeologist. When the killer strikes again, each time manipulating the figures in the display to foretell the crime, Myrtle finds herself racing to uncover the long-buried facts of a cold caseâand the motivations of a modern murderer.