The Callender Papers

By Cynthia Voigt, Suzanne Duranceau (Illustrator)

Uncovering family secrets may endanger Jean's life.

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261 pages· 53,486 words· Est. 6 hour read

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Jean Wainwright, an orphan, spends her summer at the secluded estate of Mr. Thiel, tasked with organizing family papers. As she delves into the past, she uncovers a web of mystery surrounding the death of Mr. Thiel's wife and the disappearance of their child. Why does animosity linger between Mr. Thiel and his late wife's brother? Was her death truly accidental? Jean must navigate these dangerous secrets, but will her curiosity put her own life at risk? The answers may lie hidden in the Callender papers, but at what cost?

From the publisher

Think carefully… That’s the advice Jean Wainwright always gets from her beloved Aunt Constance, Jean’s guardian and headmistress at the boarding school where she lives. It’s advice that proves valuable when Jean finds herself spending the summer far from home, sorting out family papers for the reclusive Mr. Thiel, a trustee of Aunt Constance’s school and the widower of her childhood friend Irene Callender. At Mr. Thiel’s isolated country estate, Jean is surrounded by bewildering questions from the past. Why is there such hatred between Mr. Thiel and his late wife’s brother? Was her death an accident? And what happened to their child, who disappeared after Irene Thiel’s death? Do the answers lie in the Callender papers? And will searching for the answers put Jean’s own life in jeopardy?

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