When Harriet Unwin takes the position of governess in the well-to-do Thackerton household, it would seem that fortune has smiled on her at last. That is until William Thackerton is found stabbed, and Harriet accused of murder...

This all sounds very promising and the first few chapters set the scene beautifully and I was looking forward to the rest of the story. But oh dear me, it all gets a bit high flown and over the top and the story got a bit silly,

Te blurb says "In a desperate attempt to prove her innocence, she embarks on a daring scheme to save herself from the gallows. In doing so she uncovers the dark secrets which the family is trying to hide behind a veneer of Victorian respectability"

I really have very little to say about this novel, it passed away an hour or so but that is all

I gather Evelyn Hervey is the pen name of H R Keating, an author who I have failed to get on with, so it is hardly surprising that I fell at the first hurdle with this one. Sometimes there is a good reason why a book has been out of print for a long time.....

I was eager to read this book and hoped it would be an engaging read but it really fell flat for me and was just kind of an odd book.