by Eleanor Birney
Community rating: 4.0/5 from 1 rating.
_An atmospheric historical mystery where every character has their own agenda, and their own truth._ In the fashionable mansions on Chestnut Hill, a simple green baize door separates the masters’ world from the servants’. That door is thrown wide when an elderly housekeeper is found brutally murdered on the first day of the new century. Marie Chevalier, the housekeeper’s poor but ambitious granddaughter, and James Lett, the mansion owner’s kind but indolent son, suspect the killer is connected
Genres: Mystery & Detective, Historical Fiction, Crime & Mystery, Adult Fiction
Tropes: Family Secrets, Buried secrets, Intrigue, Amateur Sleuth, Deception and Betrayal, Class Difference, Secrets and Revelations
349 pages
Published: 2026-01-27
Publisher: Parlor & Dock