Setting

A small town in England during the 1950's and the overarching setting of the book. It’s a very close-knit community, so almost everyone knows each other, and it’s not especially wealthy. People here are also trust each other very much. Houses are left unlocked and people wander in and out of other people's houses in order to give them things. Pretty weird.
 * Chipping Cleghorn **

Some of the notable locations within include:
 * Little Paddocks: The home of Miss Blacklock. There’s nothing of real wealth inside of it, supposedly.
 * Dayas Hall: Where Phillipa works. It’s owned by a couple of crotchety old people.
 * The Vicarage: The place of Reverend Julian Harmon.
 * The Royal Spa Hotel: Where Rudi Scherz worked as a receptionist. It's located in Medenham Wells.
 * The Boulders: Home of Miss Hinchcliffe and Miss Murgatroyd, and also the scene of Miss Murgatroyd's murder.

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