Doris Force at Locked Gates; Or, Saving a Mysterious Fortune

By Julia K. Duncan

(3.5 stars) • 10 reviews

A young woman's visit to a mysterious estate pulls her into a whirlwind of family secrets, potential fortunes, and hidden agendas.

Genres

Children & Young Adult Reading Crime/Mystery Fiction

Released

2014-03-29

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Summary

"Doris Force at Locked Gates; Or, Saving a Mysterious Fortune" by Julia K. Duncan is a captivating tale from the early 1900s about a young woman, Doris Force, plunged into a world of mystery when she's asked by two sisters to visit their secretive mansion called Locked Gates and as she explores the tangled web of family history and surprising interactions, Doris embarks on a journey to reveal the hidden truths of her relatives and a possible hidden inheritance; the story kicks off with Doris, an energetic teen, receiving a strange letter from the Misses Azalea and Iris Gates, beckoning her to their Rumson estate as Doris tells her friend about her family connection that could uncover a hidden fortune. As she reaches Locked Gates, the home to the sisters and Ronald Trent, it is unveiled that he is supposedly her cousin; from here hidden schemes are revealed and the reader is taken on a suspense story about Ronald and his partner, Henry Sully, that Doris attempts to understand.