The Locked Room

To what lengths are fathers prepared to go in order to keep their daughters safe and pure? Some quite extreme ones, it turns out.

This is a story about a humble baker (although he isn't that humble) who realises that his precious daughter (let's call her Jennifer) is desired by all of the young men in the village (yes, all of them) and who, knowing enough about local boys to see the invidious position in which this might put her, puts plans in place to fend off the social and moral dangers that await.

But the best laid schemes of mice and men gang aft a-gley (and these schemes are not even particularly well laid), so it's entirely possible that in trying to protect Jennifer, the baker will end up putting her in the path of some considerable peril. Peril even greater, some would suggest, than local boys.

A story about fathers and daughters, moral jeopardy, and unintended consequences.