The Mystery at Rake Hall

In post-war Oxford, secrets lie behind every door. In 1947, with rationing still biting and the black market thriving, university don C.S. Jack Lewis finds himself pulled into a mystery straight from one of his friend Dorothy Sayers novels. Susan Temple, his brightest student, has hidden herself away at Rake Hall a hostel for unmarried, outcast mothers and hasnt been heard from since. With no experience beyond catching the occasional student plagiarist, Lewis is hardly a detective. But when Susans absence continues to haunt him, he teams up with her concerned friend Lucy and together they delves into the disturbing rumours of a nasty racket at Rake Hall. Can Lewiss nose for the truth separate fact from fiction? In The Mystery at Rake Hall, Maureen Paton whose mother lived at the real-life Rake Hall while pregnant with Maureen brilliantly recreates a post-war Oxford world, as well as imagining an alternative life for one of its most famous residents.