The Carterwauler.

Thirteen year old Cassie was born in London in the Victorian Era. With no money, a broken family, eerie past and beautiful voice she seems to have drawn the short straw in life. Netherless she dreams to sing on a grand stage, have crowds flocking to see her and live in a huge mansion with a picturesque garden. None of this however seems remotely possible.

That is until a mysterious figure from the past returns. Cassie is faced the terrible choice of family and fame. As if things weren't complex enough the haunting mystery of her father's death and mother's disappearance has returned again together with a shocking letter. Piecing together bit by bit of one of the most chilling mysteries London has ever seen Cassie finds herself in deep danger in a tangle of love, revenge and friendship.