Joss has grown up on the streets of London in Victorian England, escaping the grim orphanages when she was seven. She learned to scale buildings to keep out of harms way, always running to the rooftops if things got too tight on the streets. She hasn't worried about the future or the past in a long time, concentrating on living from one day to the next- Until, in a move of desperation, she lands herself in Lenora Worth's drawing room. Lenora has been struggling for eighteen years to bring the nefarious Andrew Confield to justice. Now, with the help of her reluctant protege, she sees a light at the end of the tunnel- if only Joss will cooperate. Lenora and Joss must find a balance between their worlds if they are to solve the mysteries in front of them and hope for a future.