Champion Hill

The neighborhood where Frances and her mother live in a large house, Champion Hill is a nicer part of town where there are many nice homes. When Leonard's murder is discovered, the papers make a great deal of the fact that the attack happened in this nice neighborhood. There are upstanding people living here and the fact that Frances and her mother are in financial difficulty is made even more difficult because of the general well-being of the neighbors.

The Wray House

The Wray House is the house occupied by Frances and her mother, and then by the Barbers. The house is large and was once a grand home, in keeping with the neighborhood. When Frances comes to the conclusion that she'll have to rent out part of the house in order to keep the bills paid, they remodel, installing a meter for the gas in the...