Ennni Fisher works in a team of detectives and dreams of becoming the best among them. But everything goes awry when, because of her, a precious family amulet of the Fontereoys disappears. Without that amulet, Lord Kenneth Fontereoy risks being turned into a fire-breathing lizard of respectable size every hour— and that terribly interferes with his political career. That’s why Lord Kenneth doesn’t particularly like “sniffers”—and especially Ennni.
However, the heroes will have to overcome their mutual dislike to find the criminal together, and there is less and less time to search. The thread of the investigation leads Ennni to the drawing rooms of Eschentown, and then to the magical hills—allowing her not only to uncover the crime, but also to learn some secrets from her past.