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The Secret of the Hidden Library

The library as the guardian of a dreadful secret


Liverpool, 1839. A murderer is on the loose, targeting local prostitutes. The police are unwilling to act – the victims are “just prostitutes”, after all. Only Madeline Brown, mistress of the Earl of Wooverlough, seems to care and demands – in vain – an official investigation. It is only when Gerald Farwell, the Earl’s brother and parish priest, is violently killed that the police begin to make a move…  

Oxford, 2018. Since coming out, Zoe Farwell has no longer been welcome at her home, Wooverlough Court. And so, she is far from thrilled when she finds out that she is to write her dissertation on her ancestor Gerald Farwell. But Zoe’s enchanting professor Charlotte, whom she fell in love with at first sight, manages to gain access to the Wooverlough library for Zoe – and what Zoe uncovers about Gerald in the archives makes her blood run cold.

  • Stand-Alone Whitmore title with everything you can expect from this successful author: female characters researching their past, two interwoven time periods, fascinating fates and old, but beautiful manors in an atmospheric landscape

Genre: Fiction, Family / Friends

Felicity Whitmore

Felicity Whitmore has four big passions: England, her cats and dogs, the theatre and creative writing. She regularly travels to England and writes whenever she can find the time. Her bestselling novels often deal with the secrets of old mansions. 

384 pages, ISBN: 978-3-423-22007-1
First published 2022