The Glass Slipper Ledger
A Fairy Tale Forensic Mystery

About this book:

In the subterranean offices beneath Oakhaven's palace, Senior Inquisitor Thaddeus Quill balances the realm's ledgers with iron-gall ink and zero tolerance for nonsense. When the Prince claims his bride via the legendary glass slipper, Quill sees not destiny—but a fifteen percent volumetric discrepancy between the certified Scantling and the bride's actual foot. The shoe is rigid leaded crystal. The bride's foot is an inch too long. And the King has already spent next year's wool revenue on mechanical dragons.

Armed with brass calipers, a reanimated owl clerk, and the full weight of the Crown Estates Act, Quill launches a forensic audit of the royal romance. From the Jewel Tower's vaults to the cobbler's guild, from the stepmother's chopped toes to the fairy godmother's itemized invoice, every magical claim becomes a line item to be verified. Because in a kingdom where miracles are just unrecorded liabilities, a fraudulent marriage means an illegitimate heir, a broken treaty, and a treasury that collapses before Epiphany.

*The Glass Slipper Ledger* is a wickedly clever fantasy mystery where bureaucracy battles enchantment, and the happiest ending is a balanced book. For readers who love Terry Pratchett's wit, T. Kingfisher's charm, and mysteries where the smoking gun is a spreadsheet.