Catherine's last job ended badly. Corporate bullying at a top antiques publication saw her fired and forced to leave London, but she was determined to get her life back. A new job and a few therapists later, things look much brighter. Especially when a challenging new project presents itself: to catalogue Britain's greatest taxidermist, the late M.H. Mason's wildly eccentric cache of antique dolls and preserved animals posed in elaborate dioramas. Catherine can't believe her luck when Mason's elderly niece invites her to stay at Red House itself, where she maintains the collection until the niece exposes her to the dark message behind her uncle's "Art."