The Lake House
An abandoned house...After a particularly troubling case, Sadie Sparrow is sent on an enforced break from her job with the Metropolitan Police and retreats to her beloved grandfather's cottage in Cornwall. There she finds herself at a loose end, until one day she stumbles upon an abandoned house...
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An abandoned house...After a particularly troubling case, Sadie Sparrow is sent on an enforced break from her job with the Metropolitan Police and retreats to her beloved grandfather's cottage in Cornwall. There she finds herself at a loose end, until one day she stumbles upon an abandoned house surrounded by overgrown gardens and dense woods, and learns the story of a bab
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9781742376516
Pages no: 592
Edition language: English
by Kate Morton From the description: "June 1933, and the Edevane family's country house, Loeanneth, is polished and gleaming, ready for the much-anticipated Midsummer Eve party. Alice Edevane, sixteen years old and a budding writer, is especially excited. Not only has she worked out the perfect tw...
I never thought I would give a mystery novel 5 stars but it seems I’ve proven myself wrong. This book was crafted so well. It’s a character driven, multi perspective novel that’s heavy with foreshadowing. I’m a sucker for historical fiction but I tend to stay away from the 1900s/wartime era. I might...
This book was so full of twists and turns that I kept thinking I had figured it out, then I was wrong, then I really figured out this time, and so on and so on. SPOILER At first I thought the baby was the nanny's son and she had taken him to Canada. Then I thought it was Deborah's son after a liaiso...
Cold cases were always a challenge, but this one had the added folklore factor. The story had been told and retold so many times that people didn’t want an answer—outsiders, that is, people who weren’t involved; that the mystery was unsolvable was part of its appeal. But it hadn’t been witchcraft or...
Beautiful. I loved the entire book. More details later maybe.
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