Pip settles into her new job as bellhop and trainee house detective at the Maynard Hotel (for Wizards, Mages, and Otherworldly Beings) despite the job coming with some unsettling challenges. If it isn't the ongoing hunt for hotel thief, or the mage who's checked in with a dark and tragic goal. Oh, and let's not forget Pip's girlfriend's suspicions with all the secrets and unanswered questions that Pip simply can't tell her. Yes, Pip has a lot on her hands, for sure, including that the thief's ultimate goal isn't mere profit, but rather the death of someone working or staying at the Maynard Hotel!