Doris Force at Locked Gates
Subtitle: or Saving a Mysterious Fortune
By: by Julia K. Duncan [pseudonym]; illustrated by Thelma Gooch.
Contributors: Thelma Gooch (Illustrator)
Edition: [1st edition]
Series: Doris Force #1
Publisher: Henry Altemus Co.
Published: 1931
Place of publication: Philadelphia, PA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 214
Subjects: Force, Doris (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction.; Women detectives -- Juvenile fiction.; Mystery and detective stories.
Genres: Juvenile mystery fiction
Description: Doris Force receives an intriguing letter from the Misses Gates requesting that she visit them as soon as possible.  The letter reveals that Doris has an unknown uncle, John Trent, and Doris assumes that she is about to inherit money from his estate.  She travels with her friend Kitty to the Gates' home, Locked Gates, only to learn that the sisters want to borrow some money to hire a lawyer to settle John Trent's estate!  Doris dislikes her new-found cousin Ronald Trent, and suspects that he is swindling the sisters.  Doris and Kitty investigate and discover a crippled young woman who has been hidden away her entire life, and a servant who hides documents in a suitcase.  Doris and Ronald Trent end up accusing each other of swindling the sisters, but then Jake, Mrs. Mallow's hired hand, recognizes Ronald Trent and exposes him.  Doris and her friend travel home with their share of the reward, and the Trent sisters pledge to use their share to send the crippled girl to school.