num_pages: 264
description: When Gemma Lamb takes a job at a quirky English girls boarding school she believes shes found the perfect escape route from her controlling boyfriend  until she discovers the rest of the staff are hiding sinister secrets: Hairnet the eccentric headmistress who doesn't hold with academic qualifications Oriana Bliss Head of Maths and master of disguise Joscelyn Spryke the suspiciously rugged Head of PE Geography teacher Mavis Brook surreptitiously selling off the library books creepy night watchman Max Security with his network of hidden tunnels Even McPhee the school cat is leading a double life. Tucked away in the schools beautiful private estate in the Cotswolds can Gemma stay safe and build a new independent future? With a little help from her new friends including some worldly-wise pupils she's going to give it her best shot... Perfect for anyone who grew up hooked on Chalet School Malory Towers St Clare's and other classic school stories. ***Set in the same world as Debbie Young's popular Sophie Sayers Village Mysteries series and includes a little crossover. In the first book Gemma pays a visit to Hector's House in Wendlebury Barrow and meets Sophie and Hector. ***
language: English
title: Secrets at St Bride's
publisher: Hawkesbury Press