Madame Vastra, the fabled Lizard Female of Paternoster Row, knew loss of life in many designs and forms. But one of the most bizarre of these was loss of life by snow… On the cold time in Dec, two young kids, tired of sweeping snow through the workhouse yard, decide to build a snowman – and so are confronted with a strange and grisly mystery. In horrified fascination, they watch as their snowman starts to bleed… The seek out answers to this impossible event will plunge Harry into the most harmful – and exhilarating – experience of his life. He’ll encounter a hideous troll. He’ll dine having a incomprehensible parlour maid. And he’ll help the fantastic Detective, Madame Vastra, save the globe in the terrifying Devil in the Smoke cigarettes.