'In a strange, vast and wonderfully imagined museum, an apprentice
sculptor and student scientist must solve a murder. Julia Golding has
written a gripping helter-skelter story that will keep you guessing and
start you thinking.' - Roger Wagner, artist and painter
Is curiosity a crime? Ree discovers the unfairness of being a girl in a
male-dominated scientific world, where alternative ideas are swiftly
squashed.
Enter a fantasy island where Phil the dodo and other unusual wild
animals roam corridors, great halls and an underground network of
passages of a magnificent museum and science academy. Prevented from
following her creative passion as a stonemason, Ree is confined to
cleaning the halls at night as a maid.
But then the murders start happening... A determined scholar Henri and
strong-willed Ree join forces to solve the mysteries and prove their
innocence.