1912, Edwardian London.

The suffragette movement is on the rise. When mysterious trapeze artist and suffragette Ebony Diamond disappears in the middle of a performance, young reporter Francesca finds herself at the center of a phantasmagoria of murders, a bizarre corset shop, a circus, the underworld, Soho clubs, eccentric artists, fetishists, journalists, Scotland Yard and, of course, suffragettes.

What are the Suffragettes up to, how did Ebony disappear, who is she afraid of, what is going on behind the closed doors of the mysterious Hourglass Factory, where is the violence escalating?

From the suffragette movement, to the sinking of the Titanic, to Jack the Ripper-like murders, from the world of journalists to the circus, this novel is a riot of epic characters.

- The Guardian

What reader can resist a novel with a solid historical insight and such a delightful burst of enthusiasm? We are dealing with a perceptive, mischievous gem.

- Kirkus