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When the proprietor of Leighton's Mercantile is found dead on the morning his annual Christmas shop display is to be unveiled, it's clear a killer had revenge in mind. 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 case -- and the motivations of a modern murderer.

Two former circus performers-turned-master detectives uncover clues when a poisoner begins stalking the streets of mid-nineteenth-century London and threatening the queen. This is the second in a series of pacy mystery-adventure stories for 9+ readers, set in the seamy, smoggy underworld of Victorian London. A new sensation grips London - a poisoner who strikes without a trace, leaving victims mad with terror...and then dead. Is there a cure for...

"[The author] presents the story of the FBI's investigation of the Unabomber and the agent who helped bring him to justice."--