Books You'll Stay Up All Night to Finish
Winter has broken
you—and you're not alone. The game plan? Flop down in the sun and
read something entertaining, engaging and unputdownable. Here, our favorites
for taking on vacation with you or for taking a mental vacation with right at
home.
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The Secret Rooms: A True Story of a Haunted Castle, a Plotting Duchess, and a Family Secret
By Catherine Bailey
512 pages;
Penguin Books
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
Published 03/30/2014
