It’s 1960s London, and Marion Lane and her fellow third years detectives-in-training are nearing their graduation at Miss Brickett’s Investigations & Inquiries. Now that she and Hugo – American gumshoe turned Inquirer – have a budding romance, she’s all too happy to see her shy best friend Bill find a girlfriend. With her cockney accent and easy charm, Darcy’s quickly won Bill’s heart. However, the deep cut on her cheek gives Marion cause for concern.   When Darcy asks to speak to Marion privately, she reveals that she is in danger, running from a dangerous gang that she used to work for and who has been threatening her with a dead raven. Marion is happy to help Bill’s girlfriend but becomes drawn into a mystery that hits close to home. The raven and yellow twine it’s tied in is all too familiar – when Marion was sixteen and her mother was still alive, they received the very same threatening ravens