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Medlock
Medlock | S.G. Hartnell
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1978. Mrs. Medlock is the dutiful housekeeper at Marwood Manor. One of the few remaining staff, she protects a dying aristocratic order, serving the Lord and Lady and caring for their sickly young son.
For over the past twenty years, Mrs. Medlock has become the keeper of secrets. Secrets of the family. Secrets of her own. Secrets that may be found in the manor's walled garden, out of sight but not forgotten.
When a distant relative, Mary, arrives at the property in need of a place to live and with a determination to explore, Mrs. Medlock fears the secrets of Marwood are no longer safe. And digging up the past may have deadly consequences for them all . . .
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OutsmartYourShelf
Medlock | S.G. Hartnell
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Mehso-so

1978 & Mrs. Medlock is housekeeper to Lord & Lady Ashton at Marwood Manor including caring for their sickly young son. When an orphaned distant relative, a young girl named Mary, comes to live at the Manor, Mrs Medlock knows she is going to be trouble from the off. Sullen, uncooperative & unruly, the only thing that interests Mary is a locked door in a long wall outside.....

OutsmartYourShelf Probably like a lot of people, I was drawn to this one by the seeming 'Secret Garden' references (Medlock, Mary, sickly son, etc). but it feels a bit like bait & switch. Rather than a retelling or even reimagining, the similarities are surface only. I can't understand the decision to set it in the 1970s, it doesn't fit the characters who seemed like they were from an earlier time, & I had to keep reminding myself that this wasn't a period piece. 2d
ShananigansReads A secret garden imagination? Interesting (at least the concept) 2d
OutsmartYourShelf Also the female characters were either vapid flibbertigibbets or matronly dragons - a bit of nuance was badly needed. Sadly I found this one to be a bit of a disappointment (except for the cover which is great). 2⭐

My thanks to #NetGalley & publishers, Little, Brown Book Group UK/Sphere, for the opportunity to read an ARC.

Full Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7731397534
Read 4th-5th Oct 2025

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ShananigansReads @OutsmartYourShelf I should have read your whole review first. 🤣🤣🤣 2d
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Words found: Autumnal & Darkly 2d
OutsmartYourShelf @ShananigansReads Quite a few reviewers seemed to like it. It was not for me though. 2d
DieAReader 👋🏻👋🏻 2d
TheAromaofBooks It annoys me when it sounds like a book can be an interesting riff on a classic, but it ends up just being a bit of a trick to convince you to read it. 1d
OutsmartYourShelf @TheAromaofBooks Other people liked it but it just didn't work for me. 1d
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