The Lake House
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Kate Morton
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Secret Keeper comes a “moody, suspenseful page-turner” (People, Best Book Pick) filled with mystery and spellbinding secrets.Living on her family’s idyllic lakeside estate in Cornwall, England, Alice Edevane is a bright, inquisitive, and precociously talented sixteen-year-old who loves to write stories. One midsummer’s eve, after a beautiful party drawing hundreds of guests to the estate has ended, the Edevanes discover that their youngest child, eleven-month-old Theo, has vanished without a trace. He is never found, and the family is torn apart, the house abandoned. Decades later, Alice is living in London, having enjoyed a long successful career as a novelist. Miles away, Sadie Sparrow, a young detective in the London police force, is staying at her grandfather’s house in Cornwall. While out walking one day, she stumbles upon the old Edevane estate—now crumbling and covered with vines. Her curiosity is sparked, setting off a series of events that will bring her and Alice together and reveal shocking truths about a past long gone...yet more present than ever. A lush, atmospheric tale of intertwined destinies from a masterful storyteller, The Lake House is an enthralling, thoroughly satisfying read.
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Author
Kate Morton
Pages
495
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Published Date
2015-10-20
ISBN
1451649320 9781451649321
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"Great mystery novel that was hard to put down! I love this book!"
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Bianca Pearson
"Anything by Kate Morton I LOVE but this one is a favorite!!"
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Tarra Page
"I’ve read all everything Kate Morton has written.. they are all worth reading "
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Lisa mcouatt
"One of my absolute favorite books now. Not at all what I expected in a good way! Highly recommend!!"
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Jessica Meador
"http://www.anurseandabook.com/2015/10/the-lake-house-by-kate-morton.html<br/><br/>Rosamunde Pilcher started my love affair with English war novels when I read the Shell Seekers, but Kate Morton quickly became one of my go to authors. These two women make me wish I was born in a different time, and on a different continent. Going to Cornwall is on my bucket list just to see the place of my favorite novels.<br/><br/>So when I got an ARC of The Lake House from NetGalley and Atria Books, I was over the moon! It jumped right to the front of my reading queue. <br/><br/>As usual, Kate Morton does not disappoint. Sadie Sparrow is a young detective on a forced leave from the police department, for becoming too involved in a case of a young mother abandoning her daughter. Sadie stays with her beloved grandfather, and starts exploring the area in an effort to keep her mind off of her troubles. <br/><br/>She comes across an abandoned country house, and falls quickly into the local mystery surrounding a small boy who disappeared 60 plus years ago.<br/><br/>I always love how Morton's books go back and forth in time, giving equal weight to everyone's storyline. This is one of the things this author does best, and make her books so unique.<br/><br/>As Sadie gets closer to solving the mystery of Theo's disappearance, those around her are forced to confront the secrets that they have kept from each other over theirs, all of them harboring guilty feelings for their parts in the loss of their baby brother.<br/><br/>My only real complaint about Kate Morton's books is that she doesn't write faster! It's been three years since The Secret Keeper, it's super frustrating to have to wait! This is definitely a first world problem!<br/><br/>Current Goodreads Rating 4.08<br/>"
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Marcee Feddersen
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