A twisted, arcane murder-mystery with shades of Deborah Harkness, Hope Mirrlees and Ben Aaronovitch, Mervyn Peake and Edward Gorey at their disturbing best. 'A history-tragic-comedy all rolled into one,' says Hilary Mantel, bestselling author of Wolf Hall, while M.R. Carey calls it 'An enthralling puzzle-picture of a book'.