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The Poisoned House

Michael Ford

Start date: July 1, 2012

Finish date: July 1, 2012

Why we're reading this: Really Enjoyed this one! It was a quick hour read but very enjoyable!! I actually want to do some researc…more
[close] Really Enjoyed this one! It was a quick hour read but very enjoyable!! I actually want to do some research to see if this was a true story. Anyone who wants to read a quick murder mystery ghost story this is your book!!

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Jul 17, 2011 A Book Vacation rated it really liked it · review of another edition

This is a great novel, full of suspense, mystery, and betrayal, and I was hooked from the very beginning! Abi, a poor scullery maid, obtained my sympathy within moments of meeting her. She is kind, quiet, and alone, her mother having died the previous year from cholera, and with no one to defend her, Mrs. Cotton, the overbearing house keeper, repeatedly abuses young Abi.

In order to get back at Mrs. Cotton for all she’s ever done to the servants of the house, Abi and her friends attempt to scare ...more

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