After the death of her husband, Madeleine Swift and her daughter move to a large mansion near London. Little Elise has no idea why clocks, books and even people disappear on their own... She doesn’t know whose strange traces she saw in the Mirror Forest last night. And Elise couldn’t even think about the mysterious door hidden in the garden with gargoyles. The girl gets down to business on her own and decides to catch the thief. But she doesn’t understand that the fox named Edward is not a thief, but just a passer-by... Looking for his runaway shadow in London. Elise will have to go on an unforgettable adventure and, together with her new friends, defeat the insidious villain Billy Bon. But who is behind the chaos in Mr. Waters' store and is preventing Elise from carrying out her plans? Read a series of fantastic detective stories on Litres from Edward Fox right now!