9The Continent, 1864: Two bomb attacks, three deaths. Clues to an elaborate assassination plot are intercepted in Paris, and the authorities believe the assassin's lair lies in Soho, London. When Heloise Chancey, courtesan and professional detective, takes on a wealthy client who requests that she meet a mysterious man in his stead, she never dreams it will lead to her going undercover to spy upon the nest of plotters and end their murderous conspiracy. Danger keeps her company as she hunts evil down to its devilish source. Meanwhile, her Chinese maid, Amah Li Leen, returns to Heloise's house to find it has been ransacked - and soon she finds herself trapped in a deadly nightmare of deceit and madness. Will she be able to escape before time runs out?