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374 pages, Paperback
First published March 3, 2022
Paris, 1750. Twenty-three year old Madeleine has just begun her new job as the lady’s maid to Veronique, the daughter of celebrated clockmaker Maximilian Reinhart. What they both don’t know is that Madeleine is a lady with a secret mission. Rumours abound of Reinhart’s strange obsession with automata, mechanical creations that he designs and creates with his own hands but that seem to defy all laws of nature. At the same time, children are also disappearing from the streets of Paris. What lies at the heart of this conspiracy? Who is the Clockwork Girl? What is Madeleine looking for? Read and find out.
The book comes to us in a limited third person pov of Madeleine, Veronique and Jeanne, a major character you’ll meet in the course of the story.