The Ransom Estate
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Ongoing4h 49m
Last published Mon, Aug 10, 2020
Set in the 1940's.
Rosemary Kelly has been a maid all her life and knows better than anyone that all old houses, mansions, manors, and estates alike have their secrets. Some that others may kill to protect.
But no work experience has prepared her for what she must face in the twisting halls of the Ransom estate.
Is it fate or just a killers twisted game of hide and seek. Rosy doesn't know but who she allies herself with and who she counts as enemy may decide her ultimate fate.
Life or Death?
Who will survive the terrors of The Ransom Estate?
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