Mrs. Patmore

It should be noted that "Mrs. Patmore" is not an official name, it is being used as a placeholder until an official name is confirmed.

Mrs. Patmore is a character in the book Secret Meeting.

Biography
At an earlier point in her life, Mrs. Patmore met her husband and gave birth to her daughter, Janis.

Tragically, by some time prior to Secret Meeting, her daughter Janis was killed in an road accident aged just 12 years old. She has been a huge Harriet Chance fan, and after becoming ill with grief, Mrs. Patmore went searching for her daughter through an online chat room for preteens and early teens. She created a fake account pretending to be Lori, Harriet Chance's daughter, and through Annie found Megan who is a huge Harriet Chance fan similarly to her daughter.

She, with Annie, set up a birthday treat for Megan the day before her birthday, to meet and have tea with Harriet Chance. She then pretended to be Harriet Chance, and took Megan and Annie into a cottage in the woods, claiming it to be her secret writing place.

Megan asks her questions, but due to not being the real Harriet Chance, and clearly not remembering what she has researched about her, she cannot answer them properly. Megan quickly becomes suspicious, but Annie tries to reassure her. Megan's fears are confirmed when she asks about her daughter, and Mrs. Patmore says she hasn't got a daughter, she's dead!

Mrs. Patmore then tried to stop Annie and Megan from leaving, thinking Megan is her daughter, but when Megan shouts that she isn't, she looks shocked and then asks them to leave.

She is later caught by the police when Megan remembers her daughter's name in a book she gave her, and she had left a note saying she was sorry in the abandoned cottage.

She is confirmed towards the end of Secret Meeting to be getting help for her mental illness.

Characteristics
Mrs. Patmore is a middle aged woman with thick curly fair hair that is greying, blue eyes and fair skin.

Attire
Mrs. Patmore wears trousers with sweatshirts and a coat. She also wears thick rimmed square glasses.

Trivia

 * It is not confirmed what happened to her daughter's father.
 * Mrs. Patmore still kept her daughter's books, one of which she gave to Megan, Patsy Puffball.
 * Mrs. Patmore's deception is what lead to the real Harriet Chance coming to visit Megan and Annie's school.
 * Megan was scared incase it was her again, but was relived when it wasn't.