The uninvited guests / Sadie Jones.
"One late spring evening in 1912, in the kitchens at Sterne, preparations begin for an elegant supper party in honor of Emerald Torrington's twentieth birthday. But only a few miles away, a dreadful accident propels a crowd of mysterious and not altogether savory survivors to seek shelter at the ramshackle manor-and the household is thrown into confusion and mischief. The cook toils over mock turtle soup and a chocolate cake covered with green sugar roses, which the hungry band of visitors is not invited to taste. But nothing, it seems, will go according to plan. As the passengers wearily search for rest, the house undergoes a strange transformation. One of their number (who is most definitely not a gentleman) makes it his business to join the birthday revels. Evening turns to stormy night, and a most unpleasant parlor game threatens to blow respectability to smithereens: Smudge Torrington, the wayward youngest daughter of the house, decides that this is the perfect moment for her Great Undertaking."--Dust jacket.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062116505
- ISBN: 0062116509
- Physical Description: 262 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First U.S. edition.
- Publisher: New York : HarperCollins, [2012]
- Copyright: ©2012
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | Edward Swift departs -- A dreadful accident -- Smelts and smithereens -- A most unpleasant game -- Abandon -- The resting place -- The starlight bath -- Edward Swift returns. |
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Subject: | Parties > England > 20th century > Fiction. Manors > England > 20th century > Fiction. Accident victims > Fiction. England > Social life and customs > 20th century > Fiction. Family secrets > Fiction. Dysfunctional families > Fiction. |
Genre: | Domestic fiction. Thrillers (Fiction) Paranormal fiction. Historical fiction. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity | FIC J791 2012 (Text) | 31001101465079 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |