Susan time slips between two different worlds - her everyday present is at home and school but by night she has a magical past in Victorian London. There, resourceful orphan boy Baxter has taken her under his wing like a sister. Pearly King coster boy and rat catcher, Baxter’s trades bring them into unusual company, children alone in the city and living on the margins of society. When Baxter and Susan fall into the employ of Bram Jarvis, a man with revenge on his mind, they are soon drawn in to strange new adventures. Meanwhile, old enemies are still on the loose in this exciting sequel to Button Box.
Each of her worlds is just as real to Susan, who never knows what might happen next in either of them.