TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lumsden,Katie
TI  - The secrets of Hartwood Hall: a novel 
SN  - 9780593186923
PY  - 2023///]
CY  - [New York]
PB  - Dutton
KW  - Widows
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Governesses
KW  - Gardeners
KW  - Household employees
KW  - England
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - 19th century
KW  - West Country (England)
KW  - Gothic fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Detective and mystery fiction
KW  - Novels
N2  - "A gripping and atmospheric debut that is at once a chilling gothic mystery and a love letter to Victorian fiction. It's 1852 and Margaret Lennox, a young widow, attempts to escape the shadows of her past by taking a position as governess to an only child at an isolated country house in West Country, England. Isolated from the village, Margaret soon starts to feel that something isn't quite right. There are strange figures in the dark, tensions between servants and an abandoned east wing that sometimes has a light on. Even stranger are the repeated trips away on business by Mrs. Eversham, the child's mother. Lonely, and unsure who to trust, Margaret soon finds distraction in a forbidden relationship with the gardener, Paul. But as Margaret's history threatens to catch up with her, it isn't long before she learns the frightening truth behind the secrets of Hartwood Hall"--
ER  -