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Amen Nook, London, 1864. Orphan Sarah O'Reilly has disguised herself as a guy so that she could work in the offices of Septimus Harding's magazine. She matches Lily Korechnya, a rich widow who creates a column for the paper under a pseudonym. Lily has been enlisted by Lady Cynthia Herbert to help catalogue her impressive jewel collection. She actually is especially struck by several large gems that participate in the Maharaja of Benares, which Lady Herbert has promised to have made into a special charm. The gems include a fiery red diamond that seems to exert an unsettling influence over anyone who touches it. Then two gruesome murders take place - first a traditions official at the docks and next a jeweller in Hatton Garden, both of whom are strangled in an unusual, distinct way. A local simpleton, Holy Joe, is blamed for the murders, but neither Lily nor Sarah is convinced the police have the right man. The path of the lacking gems leads them back again to India, spirits and the dangerous cult of the destroyer goddess Kali.
