{"product_id":"the-formidable-miss-cassidy-9780063447417","title":"The Formidable Miss Cassidy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A charming fantasy...Leda Cassidy is something else. An unusual mix of myths and legends from around the world, this feels like a classic-in-waiting.\" --\u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Scottish governess arrives in Singapore to take up her new post, only to find a host of problems await that require her very unique skills in this award-winning and incredibly entertaining historical fantasy novel.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere has never yet been a crisis that Miss Leda Cassidy hasn't been able to fix, be it a lovelorn young charge, perpetually distracted students, or an unruly and malevolent ghost. When she arrives at her new employer's home and discovers the family is being terrorized by a vampiric spirit, she sets about righting the situation without delay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut it seems that as soon as she puts one supernatural creature to rest, another appears to take its place. A woman's work is truly never done, is it?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen she meets Mr. Kay, a widower whose greatest worry appears to be making matches for his twin daughters, she is happy to take a post that might provide her a bit of respite from her more \"spirited\" friends. But she soon realizes that the Kays are in far more trouble than she realized--and that her presence in their home might have put the family she's grown to cherish in even more jeopardy. Will she be able to save them all before it's too late, or has she finally stumbled upon the one problem she isn't able to solve?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoey, Meihan:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMeihan Boey\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of the novels \u003cem\u003eThe Formidable Miss Cassidy\u003c\/em\u003e, which was the co-winner of the 2021 Epigram Books Fiction Prize and winner of the 2022 Singapore Book Award for Best Literary Work; and \u003cem\u003eThe Enigmatic Madam Ingram, \u003c\/em\u003ea finalist for the 2023 Epigram Books Fiction Prize; as well as the science fiction \u003cem\u003enovella The Messiah Virus\u003c\/em\u003e. She is also the vice president of the Association of Comic Artists of Singapore and has scripted several comics, including Supacross and The Once and Marvellous DKD. She is a dedicated comic book and manga fan, an enthusiastic gamer, a persistent triathlete, and not yet a Super Saiyan, though she keeps trying.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51603350716690,"sku":"9780063447417","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f9b33f64-21e1-4c8d-b15b-c6289a7d87b0.jpg?v=1757435446","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-formidable-miss-cassidy-9780063447417","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}