num_pages: 304
description: The year is 1818 the city is London and our heroine 16-year-old Annis Whitworth has just learned that her father is dead and all his money is missing. And so of course she decides to become a spy.Annis always suspected that her father was a spy so following in his footsteps to unmask his killer makes perfect sense. Alas it does not make sense to Englands current spymastersnot even when Annis reveals that she has the rare magical ability to sew glamours: garments that can disguise the wearer completely.Well if the spies are too pigheaded to take on a young woman of quality then Annis will take them on.Shell follow the clues her father left behind and discover what befell him.Shell prove she can sew an impenetrable disguise.Shell earn a living without stooping to become ashuddergoverness.It cant be any harder than navigating the London social season can it?
language: English
title: Murder, Magic, and What We Wore
publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers