Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary

Mary Lennox is lucky to be alive.

As a child, she witnessed the murder of her Aunt Lily – a tragedy that tore the family apart and ended her annual visits to Misselthwaite Manor.

Mary was immediately rushed back to America and hidden from the police, the press – even her uncle and cousin – with no answers, no goodbyes, and only fragments of memory from the night her childhood ended.

Eight years later, newly orphaned, Mary is back. She’s determined to make a home in Yorkshire, especially once she’s reunited with her childhood best friend, the local boy who seems to understand every living thing.

But Misselthwaite has changed. The once-grand manor has fallen into disrepair. Her uncle has become distant and secretive. Her cousin rarely leaves his room. And the walled garden where Aunt Lily died is overgrown, rotting, and off-limits.

When Mary finds a way into the garden, old questions refuse to stay buried. But the closer she comes to remembering what happened that night, the more the truth threatens the home and family she came back to find.