The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place

Can seven schoolgirls hide their headmistress's murder to keep their school open?

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354 pages· 76,970 words· Est. 8.5 hour read· 730L

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Bookroo's summary

At St. Etheldreda's School for Girls, the headmistress and her brother are poisoned, leaving seven students in a bind. To avoid closure and being sent home, they must conceal the crime. As they navigate this dangerous charade, the girls face a web of deception and unexpected twists. Can they maintain the facade, or will their secret unravel? Dive into a Victorian adventure filled with mystery and humor, where nothing is as it seems and every move could be their last.

From the publisher

There’s a murderer on the loose–but that doesn’t stop the girls of St. Etheldreda’s from attempting to hide the death of their headmistress in this rollicking farce. The students of St. Etheldreda’s School for Girls face a bothersome dilemma. Their irascible headmistress, Mrs. Plackett, and her surly brother, Mr. Godding, have been most inconveniently poisoned at Sunday dinner. Now the school will almost certainly be closed and the girls sent home–unless these seven very proper young ladies can hide the murders and convince their neighbors that nothing is wrong. Julie Berry’s The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place is a smart, hilarious Victorian romp, full of outrageous plot twists, mistaken identities, and mysterious happenings.

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