A novel-length collection of six cosy fantasy mystery stories about resilience, ingenuity, love, belonging, and gentle justice.

Meriva Secaret was once the very best of thieves. Until she lost her limbs.

Now, in the ancient, rain-drenched streets of Draffe, she makes her living fixing injustices, outwitting the powerful… and still occasionally stealing just the right thing from just the wrong person.

A suspected theft on a long coach journey; a beloved cafe’s flour mysteriously going bad; night-time break-ins where nothing is stolen; unsent letters holding secrets that still need to be told... Small problems with big consequences, whose solutions require observation, ingenuity, and, above all, the ability to see people as they really are.

Meriva is very good at seeing people. Perhaps because people often don’t see the real her, but only what she no longer has.

What she does have is a mind like a lock-pick, an ex-thief’s instincts, and attitude to spare. Along with an ex-mercenary partner who loves her just as she is, and an absolute determination to live life on her own terms.

Observant, inventive, and often wryly funny, these stories introduce a unique, captivating protagonist, and invite you into the fiercely warm-hearted world she creates around herself.