London 1864. Sarah O’Reilly is disguised as a boy to work in a newspaper office. She meets Lily Korechnya, a wealthy widow who takes Sarah under her wing. Lily has been enlisted by Lady Cynthia Herbert to help catalogue her collection of jewels. She is struck by several large gems belonging to the Maharajah of Benares. Two murders occur – first a customs officer, then a jeweller. Soon Lily and Sarah are on the trail that leads back to India and the cult of the destroyer goddess Kali.

London 1864. Sarah O’Reilly is disguised as a boy to work in a newspaper office. She meets Lily Korechnya, a wealthy widow who takes Sarah under her wing.

Ninth, Complete, Unabridged