The Tower Rooms

The Tower Rooms is a mystery written for older girls. Doris, who is 18, teaches 12-year-olds and lives in a small flat in Prahran, Melbourne, with her brother Colin, 23, who was a fifth-year medical student but who now works in an office. They are raising their younger sister, Madge, who is still at school, because their parents died. Madge has two years to go to complete her secondary schooling, and would like get a scholarship to University if she does so. It’s their best plan. But poor Doris is worn out and far too skinny, and the doctor advises her to go and rest in the country. HC