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The Cuckoo's Child
Marjorie Eccles
2011, 232 pages
Fiction
In 1909, young Laura Harcourt accepts a job to organize the library at the estate of Ainsley Beaumont, a wealthy mill owner in Yorkshire. As Laura begins to put the library in order, she learns that the Beaumont family has some secrets. For instance, there is the mystery of the tragic fire that killed the twins' father. Then when an accident occurs (or was it a murder?), Laura is strangely included in the dead man's will. What connection does Laura have to the Beaumont family?
This is an atmospheric mystery with an interesting cast of characters and a likeable heroine.
