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A detective investigates a child’s disappearance from an English estate in 1933
2015Steady paceMelancholic
What it is about
In 1933, a baby disappears from the Edevane family’s Cornwall house during a midsummer party. Seventy years later, a London detective on leave stumbles on the old house and begins to investigate.
Who will enjoy it
Readers who like long, atmospheric mysteries.
What you will get
A bestseller by Kate Morton.
The Lake House Facts: Pages, Genre and Setting
Genre
Historical Fiction · Cold case · Cornwall · Family secrets
Length
512 pages · ≈ 15 h
More about this book
Characters
Sadie Sparrow and the Edevane family.
Setting
A house in Cornwall and London, in 1933 and 2003.
What makes it different
A mystery that moves between two periods.
Feel
Atmospheric and layered.
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