'Murder, Magic, and What We Wore' is the Diet Sprite of Regency romps

In Kelly Jones’s Murder, Magic, and What We Wore, 16-year-old Annis Whitworth decides that the best way to solve her father’s mysterious death is to become a spy. But to Britain’s War Office, an upper-crust society girl traipsing around Regency-era London with no training and a personal vendetta is more of a liability than an asset.

That assessment doesn’t change, even when Annis realizes she possesses a rare, magical talent for dressmaking. After all, she introduced herself by marching into the War