Publisher's Synopsis
It's 1908, and sixteen-year-old Charlotte O'Dell is working at the St. Alice Hotel in order to make enough money to finish school.
Between organizing a women's march for suffragettes, and memorizing all there is to know about her new profession in The Up-to-Date Waitress, Charlotte befriends one of the hot-springs regulars, Mr. Doyle . . . until one day he turns up dead.
Who killed Doyle? The police seem to think it was Charlotte; after all, she's the one they arrested . . .
Becky Citra has crafted an intricate web of mysteries and intrigue. When all of the pieces are unraveled, who will remain standing?
