4.0 Delightful little novel - part Regency Urban Fantasy Mystery, part Fantasy of Manners, part Screwball Comedy. The tone starts out a bit dark, but turns lighter and lighter over the relatively short narrative. The viewpoint character, Kim, is on the interesting side gender-wise for the early 90ies, but I suspect there weill be a decided turn to the convetional in the next installment. The book's only fault is that it is not terribly surprising or suspenseful, but that's fine for me. At least everybody is scheming to get something or someone.