The Agency: A Spy in the House

In Victorian England orphan Mary Quinn lives on the edge. Sentenced as a thief at the age of 12 she’s rescued from the gallows by a woman posing as a prison warden. In her new home Miss Scrimshaw’s Academy for Girls Mary acquires a singular education fine manners and a surprising opportunity. The school is a cover for the Agency — an elite top secret corps of female investigators with a reputation for results — and at 17 Mary’s about to join their ranks. With London all but paralyzed by a noxious heat wave Mary must work fast in the guise of lady’s companion to infiltrate a rich merchant’s home with hopes of tracing his missing cargo ships. But the Thorold household is full of dangerous secrets and people are not what they seem - least of all Mary.