The lives of nine-year-old Robin, from a prosperous white family, and black Beauty, a mother of three children, should never have intersected. Robin is bored in the suburbs of Johannesburg, and Beauty struggles to raise her children alone. But the uprising of schoolchildren, who took to the streets of the city to protest against apartheid orders, sweeps away their usual existence, and Robin and Beauty find themselves in the same house, and their destinies are closely intertwined. Robin, smart and adventurous, loves books about detectives, is determined to become a detective. And such an opportunity presents itself to her - Beauty is clearly hiding something from her and is no less clearly in need of help. And Robin begins to act, not realizing what tragic consequences her game can lead to. The story, told alternately by Robin and Beauty, gradually turns into a real tapestry, which captures the fate of a girl and a woman who find themselves in the very center of a historical storm. For Robin, the search for the truth begins as a game and gradually becomes a journey of self-discovery. Bianca Marais's debut novel is an ideal read for anyone who loved Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, Kathryn Stockett's The Help and Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner, an intriguingly unpredictable book full of warm humor and charm.