The Secret Passage

“Senora Gredos!” Miss Loach drops her poker at the name of Susan Grant’s former employer. Why should a card-playing invalid’s name unsettle the old lady so deeply?

In Rexton, where raw new streets give way to an old, crooked lane, Susan takes a place at Rose Cottage, the curious home of a wealthy and exacting mistress. Miss Loach holds card parties almost every evening, but she watches her new maid as keenly as she watches her guests—and Susan has already noticed more than her employer would like. The house’s secrets begin to press close on Susan during her very first evening of duty. What has she walked into at Rose Cottage?

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