A girl who can see Death, once brought to the brink of dying herself, is an interesting subject to read about.

Sigma Farrow, an orphan, has spent her whole life bounced from caretaker to caretaker, each one squandering her fortune before meeting an untimely end. She hates Death for this- rightfully so. After her abusive aunt Magda dies, she is summoned to the home of her cousins, the Hawthornes, and while preparing to debut into society, Signa finds that she has to juggle etiquette lessons and detective work to save her mysterious ill cousin Blythe.