A Pocketful of Lies

<p>A light-fingered drifter encounters a landless earl... </p><p>A music hall singer finds the man of her dreams in a thieves' kitchen...</p><p>A detective is plunged into a Christmas conspiracy...</p><p>A rogue magician needs the help of a waste-paper seller...</p><p>Chaos reigns in a dark and twisted alt-Victorian London...</p><p><br></p><p>KJ Charles' shorter stories are collected in print for the first time in five tales of queer historical romance spiced with song larceny mayhem magic and defenestration (just the one though). </p><p><br></p><p>Contents: A Thief in the Night The Rat-Catcher's Daughter Masters in This Hall A Queer Trade The Price of Meat</p>