Intending detective Michael Harker once again chances the time portal in the earthquake-damaged book store. Memory impaired from a brutal beating and subject to strange shifts in consciousness, Mike is aided by the love of this life, Mae Belle, music hall singer and stage magician.
But Mae's magic is more tha an act. She plans to use it for revenge.
In the present, lovable rogue and free-thinker Mari Linden, with new career move in mind asssists from her book shop, the erstwhile and perhaps contemportary abode of Obeithio Sargent, original owner.
The trail leads Mike and Mae to Kalgoorlie, boom town of the gold rush days. Mike goes mine hopping and Mae joins a dance hall review where she learns of fiendish plot. But can it be stopped...in time?
But Mae's magic is more tha an act. She plans to use it for revenge.
In the present, lovable rogue and free-thinker Mari Linden, with new career move in mind asssists from her book shop, the erstwhile and perhaps contemportary abode of Obeithio Sargent, original owner.
The trail leads Mike and Mae to Kalgoorlie, boom town of the gold rush days. Mike goes mine hopping and Mae joins a dance hall review where she learns of fiendish plot. But can it be stopped...in time?