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The Disappearance and the Diary

by Eileen Biltmore

A missing heirloom and a family mystery

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A missing heirloom and a family mystery

Set at Linden Manor around Peggy Eldritch’s twelfth birthday, the story links a present-day theft accusation to a family history stretching across generations. Peggy sets out to clear her lady’s maid and friend, and a hidden diary gives her clues to the larger mystery. The Margaret locket—passed down to girls in the family named Margaret—connects the birthday celebration with the book’s thread of inheritance. As the first title in The Manor Mysteries series, it introduces a case that also raises questions about the heirlooms and stories a family carries forward.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • A good match for ages 9–12 interested in historical fiction.
  • For readers who enjoy mysteries involving missing heirlooms, diaries, and family secrets.
  • May suit readers looking for a child protagonist investigating an accusation alongside a friendship.

Themes

Family inheritanceFriendship and loyaltyMystery and investigationIntergenerational history

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Book overview

A girl from a wealthy family must defend her lady's maid from accusations of theft in this first book in the cozy historical fiction The Manor Mysteries series that follows two heirloom lockets through generations of the same family.

Peggy Eldritch can't wait to turn twelve and receive the heirloom Margaret locket! The necklace originally belonged to her great-grandmother Margaret Linden. Every girl named Margaret in the family has been gifted it on her twelfth birthday--and Peggy's turn has finally arrived.

When Juliette, Peggy's cousin from France, visits Linden Manor for the birthday ball and another family heirloom goes mysteriously missing, Peggy finds herself on a quest to clear the name of her lady's maid and friend, who gets accused of the theft. Her search for answers leads her to a hidden diary with clues to a much larger family mystery that dates back generations. Can Peggy find the lost heirloom? And what will she discover about her Margaret necklace along the way?
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