'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.
