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The House of Closed Doors

par Jane Steen

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Fiction. Literature. Mystery. Historical Fiction. HTML: Heedless. Stubborn. Disgraced. Small town Illinois, 1870: "My stepfather was not particularly fond of me to begin with, and now that he'd found out about the baby, he was foaming at the mouth." Desperate to avoid marriage, Nell Lillington refuses to divulge the name of her child's father and accepts her stepfather's decision that the baby be born at a Poor Farm and discreetly adopted. Until an unused padded cell is opened and two small bodies fall out. Nell is the only resident of the Poor Farm who is convinced the unwed mother and her baby were murdered, and rethinks her decision to abandon her own child to fate. But even if she manages to escape the Poor Farm with her baby she may have no safe place to run to. .… (plus d'informations)

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It's the late 19th Century and when Nell gets pregnant at 17, she refuses to name the father. Packed off to a poor farm by her stepfather to avoid any scandal, Nell is soon plunged into a possible murder investigation when two bodies are found in an unused padded room.

Excellently written and meticulously researched, this was a joy to read with relatable characters and a fast flowing plot. (

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KevinCannon1968 | Dec 4, 2022 |

different.Maybe too different? Once I read it I will know.

Litrvixen | Jun 23, 2022 |

In 1870s midwest Eleanor Lillington finds herslef at 17 pregnant and refusing to name the father she is sent away to have her child. But her peaceful extistence is broken by the discovery of a dead female and her baby, which Eleanor decides to investigate.
A nice slow paced, well-written mystery (

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Vesper1931 | Jul 29, 2021 |

Honestly, I don't expect much from books offered for free, but this one surprised me. While I figured out the mystery pretty early on, it was still an enjoyable escapist read, and I thought the place and characters well done. (

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Yaaresse | Jul 17, 2020 |

Nell is an independent young woman who does not let her unexpected pregnancy force her into the socially acceptable things to do in the 1870's of Illinois. She is sent to have her baby at a poor farm where she stumbles upon a murder and sets out to seek justice for the victims. (

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Eleanor Lillington, "Nell" (aka Eleanor Govendor)

Amelia Lillington Jackson

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Fiction. Literature. Mystery. Historical Fiction. HTML:

Heedless. Stubborn. Disgraced.

Small town Illinois, 1870: "My stepfather was not particularly fond of me to begin with, and now that he'd found out about the baby, he was foaming at the mouth."

Desperate to avoid marriage, Nell Lillington refuses to divulge the name of her child's father and accepts her stepfather's decision that the baby be born at a Poor Farm and discreetly adopted.

Until an unused padded cell is opened and two small bodies fall out.

Nell is the only resident of the Poor Farm who is convinced the unwed mother and her baby were murdered, and rethinks her decision to abandon her own child to fate. But even if she manages to escape the Poor Farm with her baby she may have no safe place to run to.

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