For anyone who loved St Trinian’s – old or new – or read Malory Towers as a kid. St Brides is the perfect read for you.

When Gemma Lamb takes a job at a quirky English girls’ boarding school, she believes she’s found the perfect escape route from her controlling boyfriend – until she discovers the rest of the staff are hiding sinister secrets:

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  Hairnet, the eccentric headmistress who doesn't hold with academic qualifications

  
  


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  Oriana Bliss, Head of Maths and master of disguise

  
  


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  Joscelyn Spryke, the suspiciously rugged Head of PE

  
  


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  Geography teacher Mavis Brook, surreptitiously selling off the library books

  
  


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  creepy night watchman Max Security, with his network of hidden tunnels

  
  

Even McPhee, the school cat, is leading a double life.

Tucked away in the school’s beautiful private estate in the Cotswolds, can Gemma stay safe and build a new independent future, or will past secrets catch up with her and the rest of the staff?

With a little help from her new friends, including some wise pupils, she's going to give it her best shot...

Previously published by Debbie Young as Secrets at St Bride's.**