City of a Thousand Dolls

"Nisha lives in the City of a Thousand Dolls, a remote estate where orphan girls in the Empire become apprentices as musicians, healers, and courtesans, her closest companions the mysterious cats that trail her shadow. When girls begin to die, Nisha begins to uncover the secrets that surround the deathers--jeopardizing not only her own future within the City but her own life."@en
"The 'two-child' law in the Bhinian Empire has caused many infant girls, who are seen as less valuable than boys, to be abandoned and left for dead - until the establishment of a refuge known as the 'City of a Thousand Dolls'. There, orphaned girls are raised by the Council until they are old enough to be married off or sold. Sixteen-year-old Nisha has lived there all her life, hoping someday for a chance at freedom. But when one of the girls turns up dead, Nisha must discover the truth behind the killer and her own past."@en
""Nisha lives in the City of a Thousand Dolls, a remote estate where orphan girls in the Empire become apprentices as musicians, healers, and courtesans, her closest companions the mysterious cats that trail her shadow. When girls begin to die, Nisha begins to uncover the secrets that surround the deathers--jeopardizing not only her own future within the City but her own life"--Provided by publisher."@en