This book is part of the Modern-Day Miniature Library, a contemporary collection of miniature handwritten and hand-bound books which has been assembled to celebrate 100 years since Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House was completed in 1924.

Of the nearly 600 books on the shelves of the Dolls' House Library, over 170 are tiny manuscripts written by the most notable authors of the 1920s. Together, these create a time capsule of literary culture of the 1920s.

Echoing the process of a century ago, today's writers were again asked to write by hand in miniature format. Their little pages were bound by leading contemporary designer-binders. After being displayed in an exhibition at Windsor Castle during 2024, the new collection of doll-size books will be kept together in the Royal Library.

Anthony Horowitz's short ghost story, which is set in the 1920s, features a dolls' house, and was written specially for the centenary celebration. It is bound by Angela James, who has been a Fellow of Designer Bookbinders since 1975, known for her work with hand-dyed leathers. Angela James’ binding has covers which open out fully to show a street scene from Anthony Horowitz's story, printed on hand-dyed goatskin. A ghostly figure can be seen in one of the windows of the houses in the street, and inside the book, on the flyleaves, drawings of spectral young women are printed onto tracing paper.