The Governess

When the wealthy Victorian Thackerton household is stunned by a murder, and all the evidence points to the governess, it is the family's beloved Nanny who solves the mystery

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Evelyn Hervey

Thrillers & Suspense

Littlehampton Book Services Ltd.

For a respectable governess like Harriet Unwin, her first few weeks in the shabby, inhospitable home of the Partingtons were as unhappy as any she could remember. The bone-chilling cold, the grim sparseness of the meals, the embittered meanness of old Mr Partington: But for the kindness shown by his son, her spirit must surely have been crushed. But worse was to come for Harriet. Her chance discovery of the old man's cherished secret was, she felt sure, the cause of the attack that finally stilled his heart. The doctor, however, thought otherwise. It was neither illness nor old age that killed poor Mr Partington. It was poison....

The Man of Gold

H.R.F. Keating

Mystery

BERKLEY

When Harriet Unwin takes the position ol governess in the well-to-do Thackerton household, it would seem that fortune has smiled on her at last. That is until William Thackerton is found stabbed and she isaccused of murder.In a desperate attempt to prove her innocence, she embarks on adaring scheme to save herself from the gallows. In doing so she uncovers the dark secrets which the family is trying to hide behind a veneer of Victorian respectability.'A lively sense of period and a keen eye for the social mores of Victorian London are cunningly woven into a plot which is as credible as it is exciting' PD JAMES'A good-hearted, old-fashioned English thriller, wholesome and blessedly easy to read' LIBBY PURVES'A nicely plotted, strongly characterised and richly atmospheric book' Books and Bookmen

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