Tom Taylor's crisis of identity continues. Because of the machinations of a girl, whose only given name is Lizzie Hexam, half the world thinks Tom Taylor is actually Tommy Taylor - the protagnoist of his missing father's series of novels about a child wizard.

He's come to the villa where he last saw his father in search of some papers from early on in his life. But the housekeeper who would have them isn't here at the moment. Instead, the villa is hosting a group of horror writers to discuss another book that was written there... Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.