Who knew a real-life story could read like a juicy (well-written) thriller? Enter The Secret Rooms, the blow-by-blow account of what historian Catherine Bailey discovers in 2008 while researching the archives of the long-deceased Ninth Duke of Rutland. Expect: clandestine affairs, secret missives, World War II drama and at least one unexplained death, all set in the musty, damp grandeur of the 356-room Belvoir Castle.
— Leigh Newman
