The Lake House, Kate Morton, Pan Macmillan, ISBN 978 174 237 651 6
From the author of the bestselling The House of Riverton, Kate Motron returns with a new and delightfully enchanting novel.
Detective Sadie Sparrow is visiting her grandfather in Cornwall after a particularly troubling case in London sends her on a much required (read compulsory!) getaway.
She stumbles on an abandoned old house and the magic of the property urges her to dig a little deeper into the mysterious, beautiful homestead and the family that once occupied it.
Alice Edenvale will never return to her childhood home. Ever.
She has made her name as the author of renowned detective novels and her neat and fuss free life does not need any complications.
Her past has haunted her for far too long. She knows what happened that night 70 years ago. She knows who is guilty. She knows it was her fault.
When Sadie comes knocking, will Alice want to reveal the truth after years of pain or will the doors to the secrets of Loeanneth remain locked forever?
With an interesting jump writing style from past to present, Morton takes the reader on quite a journey.
Written from a number of unlikely character views, the horrific events of that night unfold. The story will have you enraptured as it is beautifully written, filled with mystery, entwined between years of confusion and slew of missing facts.
Simply put, the book is stunning and is the perfect partner to curl up with on those rainy days.
