
The Lake House
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Narrated by:
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Daisy Head
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By:
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Kate Morton
About this listen
A missing child … 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 twist for her novel, she’s also fallen helplessly in love with someone she shouldn’t. But by the time midnight strikes and fireworks light up the night skies, the Edevane family will have suffered a loss so great that they leave Loeanneth forever.
An abandoned house … Seventy years later, after a particularly troubling case, Sadie Sparrow is sent on an enforced break from her job with the Metropolitan Police. Sadie retreats to her beloved grandfather’s cottage in Cornwall but soon 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 baby boy who disappeared without a trace.
An unsolved mystery… Meanwhile, in the attic writing room of her elegant Hampstead home, the formidable Alice Edevane, now an old lady, leads a life as neatly plotted as the bestselling detective novels she writes. Until a young police detective starts asking questions about her family’s past, seeking to resurrect the complex tangle of secrets Alice has spent her life trying to escape.
©2015, 2016 Kate Morton. Copyright ‘Kate Morton on Cornwall’ (P)2023 Bolinda PublishingCritic Reviews
"Morton's plotting is impeccable, and her finely wrought characters, brought together in the end by Sparrow's investigation, are as surprised as readers will be by the astonishing conclusion." (Publishers Weekly)
"Once again she delivers the satisfactions of all her best sellers... Mysteries at the core, they draw depth and appeal from her carefully applied layers of family, history and moral conundrum." (Library Journal)
"An absorbing tale of family secrets." (Choice Magazine)
So many stories woven into one exquisitely
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This book was just perfect until the very last bit where the identity of Theo was revealed. Up until then I could have totally believed this all really happened. But the solution that was provided was straight out of a fantasy book. It was just so unrealistic! I think it would make a lot more sense if Alice’s assistant turned out to be a nephew or grandson of Theo and that he on purpose came to work with Alice because he knew something and sought answers. And this could have led to any story about what happened to Theo. But the one that was told instead was such a disappointment…
Engaging, and beautiful language
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JUST WONDERFUL
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picturesque and captivating
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A truly engrossing story.
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Tradgic romance and unrequited love that explodes into wonderful lives intertwined.
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A very beautiful story!
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Great Story
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Thoroughly enjoyable
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Amazing
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