{"id":23203,"date":"2024-02-12T16:04:48","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T21:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=23203"},"modified":"2025-10-01T19:03:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T23:03:37","slug":"lady-odelias-secret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/23203","title":{"rendered":"Lady Odelia’s Secret"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lady Odelia’s Secret<\/em><\/a> (2022) Jane Steen<\/a> (Scott-De Quincy Mysteries)<\/p>\n

\"Lady<\/a>Set in England in 1882.<\/p>\n

As usual, I experienced the strange shock that it was my husband\u2014my Justin\u2014buried under the tall new monument, set apart within its own patch of closely scythed grass. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhat do you think?\u201d I asked my sister. <\/p>\n

\u201cNo railing?\u201d She raised her eyebrows. <\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t like the thought of Justin being put in a cage.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I have no interest in marrying. And I find the idea of children repellent. Not children as people, you understand\u2014I like them well enough if they\u2019re pretty little things and reasonably well behaved\u2014but the notion of bearing my own, of being tied to them, revolts me.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

art has nothing to do with morality.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Publisher: Aspidistra Press<\/p>\n

Rating: <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lady Odelia’s Secret (2022) Jane Steen (Scott-De Quincy Mysteries) Set in England in 1882. As usual, I experienced the strange shock that it was my husband\u2014my Justin\u2014buried under the tall new monument, set apart within its own patch of closely scythed grass. \u201cWhat do you think?\u201d I asked my sister. \u201cNo railing?\u201d She raised her […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12,30,292,204,33,8,608,41],"tags":[530,597,628,750,557],"class_list":["post-23203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-8-10","category-british","category-ebook","category-good","category-historical","category-mystery","category-neurodiversity","category-reread","tag-disability","tag-dyslexia","tag-jane-steen","tag-scott-de-quincy-mysteries","tag-victorian"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-62f","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24205,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/24205","url_meta":{"origin":23203,"position":0},"title":"Lady Odelia\u2019s Secret, Audio Book","author":"Michelle","date":"January 11, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Lady Odelia\u2019s Secret, Audiobook (2022) Jane Steen and Elizabeth Klett narrator (Scott-De Quincy Mysteries #2) Set in Sussex in 1882 I felt Michael\u2014who hated to touch, or be touched by, other people\u2014flinch as I rested my fingertips as lightly as possible on his arm. \u201cI enjoy reading about people who\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "8.5\/10"","block_context":{"text":"8.5\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/8-5-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"Lady Odelias Secret","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Lady-Odelias-Secret.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":19880,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/19880","url_meta":{"origin":23203,"position":1},"title":"Lady Odelia’s Secret","author":"Michelle","date":"March 17, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Lady Odelia's Secret (2022) Jane Steen (Lady Helena Investigates) Set in England in 1882. 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