Synopsis: Mortal Coyle

Mathematical prodigy Millicent Prynne had always hoped to be the first female accountant in a London banking firm. Her mother had always hoped Millicent would marry an Earl. They compromised with the dull but respectable position of coat check girl at the Whistle & Steam, the formost club of nobility, MPs, and even royalty. After all, reasoned Mrs. Prynne, it would only be a matter of time before Millie caught the attention of some properly-titled gentleman, and then she would settle down.

A mechanically-armed spy in hot pursuit of a dangerous criminal mastermind wasn't exactly what her mother'd had in mind. But when the unassuming Mr. Coyle offers Millicent a position as a financial advisor in his strange underground network of contacts, Millie accepts. As she meets her fellow contacts, including a hemophiliac assassin, a retired engineer who builds body parts out of diassembled clocks, and an agoraphobic crypt-dweller whose prototype-computers contain the largest library in London, Millie begins to realize that Coyle's hunt for his mysterious nemesis goes beyond a personal feud to twarting a plan that could affect the entire nation, and perhaps the world if not stopped. Still, a chance to break away from the societal de rigueur is worth a little danger...isn't it?