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jacey
Narrated by Elizabeth Knowelden
Edith Worms, secret writer of detective fiction, is the oldest daughter of a Victorian clergyman who learns he has inherited Wormwood Abbey, in Ormsdale, Yorkshire, currently inhabited by his two nieces after the sudden and tragic deaths of their father and brother. The family travels to the Abbey to view it and make provision for the two orphaned girls, not intending to stay there, but there are obvious secrets that Edith begins to unravel. Who is the clingy neighbour, Drake, and why is he always hanging around? What is the lawyer who comes up from Londoin looking for? And what is the salamander-like creature that Edith makes into a pet? Ye clue is in the family name, Worm, or should that be Wyrm? The reader is very plummy, which probably suits the character of Edith perfectly, but after a while it was a bit wearing on the ear, but at a few seconds under five and a half hours, it works. I probably won’t read on in the series.
