'Judging a flower arranging competition because your father, the Prime Minister, is busy almost seems like a punishment. But when you?re Aubrey Fitzwilliam, magical genius, things rarely go to plan, and the day takes a decidely non-floral turn when Aubrey is asked for help in a suspected case of magical blackmail. Secret societies, spies, a basement laboratory? Aubrey won?t let a barred window ? and the possibility of mortal danger ? stand in his way. Sliver of Doubt is a story set in the Laws of Magic world.' (Storycuts abstract)