In August of 1933, on the night of the Edevanes' Midsummer party, 10-month-old Theo vanished from his bedroom in the family's stunning Cornwall estate, Loeanneth. Despite the presence of hundreds of guests and Theo's nanny sleeping in the same room, no one saw anything and the case went cold.
Seventy years later, London detective Sadie Sparrow inadvertently encounters Loeanneth while running in the countryside. The estate is abandoned, and the once beautiful gardens, long neglected, are grown over. Sadie's curiosity about the grand old home leads her to the decades-old investigation and Loeanneth's owner, Alice Edevane. Theo's older sister and a successful fiction writer, Alice prefers her family secrets stay locked in the old lake house.
Driven by a desire to conceal her own secrets, Sadie picks at the Edevanes' and releases more surprises than anyone--even Alice--could have anticipated.
With a sumptuousness that mirrors the opulent gardens of Loeanneth, Kate Morton (The Secret Keeper) recounts a tragically beautiful saga of love and deception. She constructs an intricate psychological mystery, to which many hold clues but no single individual the answer. Her dynamic use of perspective in the novel builds a creeping suspense while the vibrant characters encourage emotional connection with readers.
Morton's robust plot is complemented by her vivid setting, an atmosphere that stimulates the senses and envelops the audience in a long-ago world of grand fetes and high society. Long-time fans and fledgling readers alike will readily--and willingly--lose themselves in the rich world of Kate Morton's The Lake House. --Jen Forbus of Jen's Book Thoughts