![]() ![]() Agent: Karolina Sutton, Curtis Brown (U.K.). Fans of the great Victorian novels, in particular Jane Eyre, will have fun. Assured prose propels this well-crafted tale of family, friendship, and the cost of personal freedom. Buy The Secrets of Hartwood Hall: The mysterious and atmospheric gothic novel for fans of Stacey Halls by Lumsden, Katie from Amazons Fiction Books Store. The death of a servant and the arrival of an unexpected visitor force various secrets into the open with dire consequences. She dares to enter the forbidden wing, where she makes a surprising discovery about the Evershams. ![]() Lennox, who has a secret that makes her a potential blackmail target, thinks she hears or sees elusive figures at night in the hallway. Lennox never to go into the abandoned east wing or to let Louis out of her sight, has something to hide she mysteriously disappears for days at a time and is distrusted by the local villagers. Booklist In her atmospheric debut, The Secrets of Hartwood Hall, Katie Lumsden enthralls us with a quintessential manor-home mystery. Lennox leaves London for isolated Hartwood Hall in the west of England to assume the position of governess to 10-year-old Louis, the son of widowed Mrs. Debut author Lumsden masterfully creates a believable atmosphere of the age, where science and logic are served side by side with the supernatural in everyday life. In 1852, Margaret Lennox, the 29-year-old narrator of British author Lumsden’s captivating debut, is left destitute when her clergyman husband dies after three years of marriage. ![]()
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