Susan "Sukey" Lazarus

Summary
Susan first shows up in An Unnatural Vice, acting as the maid (and accomplice in fraud) of the Seer of London.

She is the adoptive daughter of Justin Lazarus and Nathaniel Roy, (who she calls her "Governers") and adoptive sister of Emma Lazarus.

Appearance
According to Nathaniel Roy in An Unnatural Vice, "She looked no more than twelve, inexpressive in her white mobcap and apron."

In Gilded Cage, she is described as a lanky or slender girl of average height with light brown or dark blonde hair. She is neither particularly pretty or ugly, and has an angular face. She is apparently capable of making herself rather unnoticeable.

Appearance Throughout the Books
Susan is first mentioned in An Unnatural Vice, when she is twelve years old. She is the ward and employee of Justin Lazarus, a false seer who faked a connection with the dead in order to earn money. Susan, then called by her childhood nickname "Sukey," wrote messages in lemon juice to be revealed later by Justin, picked pockets in order to learn more about clients, and used subterfuge in other ways to help sell Justin's psychic abilities.

After Justin met Nathaniel Roy and decided to change professions in order to clean up his act, Susan attended two different schools, which she was kicked out of. After expressing her unwillingness to attend a boarding school, Justin had her take private lessons with a friend of Nathaniel, Harriet Rawling, where she met James Vane, a relation of Rawling. She became fast friends with James, and when she was eighteen they began a romantic and sexual relationship, resulting in Susan becoming pregnant. When James attempted to petition his father to allow him to marry her, he was unofficially transported to Australia and made to commit hard labour. Susan miscarried and was told that James had left the country to avoid his responsibilities to her, causing the two to fall out of contact.

Susan Lazarus was also in Any Old Diamonds, initially posing as the Duchess's sister's companion. She was described as: "Susan Lazarus ... is the younger generation of a particularly tiresome and persistent detective agency." (Any Old Diamonds, chapter 9)

Birth Year
She was twelve years old in 1873 putting her birth somewhere around 1861.

Relationships

 * Justin Lazarus, employer and adoptive father
 * Nathaniel Roy, adoptive father
 * Emma Lazarus, adoptive sister