The Expectation

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Ireland, 1847. As famine devastates County Kerry, Nancy Spencer arrives at Thornbury Hall to take up the position of housekeeper. But Nancy is not who she claims to be. She has been sent to discover what has become of Lady Caroline Thornbury, the young widow who has vanished from public view. Two years earlier, Caroline married the wealthy Sir Louis Thornbury. Then Sir Louis died in a suspicious accident and Caroline announced she was pregnant. Now the East Wing is permanently locked, no one is permitted to see Caroline, and the Thornbury family is guarding its secrets. As Nancy investigates, she realises the chaos outside the Hall may be providing someone inside with the perfect cover for a terrible crime.