"With its long-awaited second volume, Linda Medley's witty and sublimely drawn fantasy eases into a relaxed comedy of manners as Lady Jain settles into her new life in Castle Waiting. Unexpected visitors result in the discovery and exploration of a secret passageway, not to mention an epic bowling tournament. A quest for ladies' underpants, the identity of her baby son Pindar's father, the education of Simon, Rackham and Chess arguing about the "manly...

After she's caught using a fake I.D. at a West End nightclub, Charlotte "Lottie" Brook, best known for her mile-high platforms and passion for classic literature, is condemned to a summer at her grandparents' stuffy country club, where she narrowly escapes romance and solves a murder mystery on the 19th hole.