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When her beloved Uncle Reggie is killed over his interest in a fabled treasure, Beatrice Poole, a young widow who writes gothic novels under a pseudonym, seeks out the Earl of Monkcrest, Leo Drake, who is a leading authority on antiquities and ancient legends.

Hired to tutor four orphaned girls at remote, ramshackle Aldwick Castle, Miss Concordia Glade is pleased to find her pupils both eager and bright. Indeed, they are bright enough to have noticed some oddities about their situation. Provided for by an unseen benefactor, they are surrounded at all times by hard-eyed guards in the guise of gardeners - and their previous tutor, she learns, disappeared under mysterious circumstances.