Constable & Toop new-arrivals-010722 Peony’s mother is against her

Peony’s mother is against her daughter’s attending the production: “Unmarried girls should not be seen in public

When the friends are torn apart by conflicting allegiances

But so are they

and soulstealers before the sorcerer’s ritual summons an ancient evil that could burn Chinatown to the ground

To unravel a secret going back millennia

Constable & Toop new-arrivals-010722 Peony’s mother is against herSomething mysterious and terrible is happening throughout Victorian London: Ghosts are disappearing. When this reaches the attention of the Ghost Bureau, the diligent but clueless Mr. Lapsewood, a paranormal paper pusher, is sent to investigate, and what he discovers is grave. The Black Rot has arriveda voracious spiritual infestation whereby empty haunted houses suck in unsuspecting ghosts and imprison them. Lapsewoods investigation weaves through