Too much had happened: the search parties, the policemen, the articles in the newspapers pleading for information. She’d missed her chance, though, and now it was too late. She’d been in and out of the woods all her life and knew the way by heart.īack when it first happened, she’d considered confessing, and perhaps, in the beginning, she might have. Something bolted through the bracken nearby, but she didn’t flinch, didn’t stop.
Rain stippled the surface of the trout stream, drummed relentlessly on the earth beside it. She’d come earlier to dig the hole, but only now, under veil of darkness, would she finish the job. She’d have to hide it afterwards no one could know that she’d been out.Ĭlouds covered the moon, a stroke of luck she didn’t deserve, and she made her way through the thick, black night as quickly as she could. The rain was heavy now and the hem of her dress was splattered with mud. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. 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.Ī lush, atmospheric tale of intertwined destinies, this latest novel from a masterful storyteller is an enthralling, thoroughly satisfying read. While out walking one day, she stumbles upon the old estate-now crumbling and covered with vines, clearly abandoned long ago. Miles away, Sadie Sparrow, a young detective in the London police force, is staying at her grandfather’s house in Cornwall. Theo’s case has never been solved, though Alice still harbors a suspicion as to the culprit. What follows is a tragedy that tears the family apart in ways they never imagined.ĭecades later, Alice is living in London, having enjoyed a long successful career as an author. 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. But the mysteries she pens are no match for the one her family is about to endure. Living on her family’s idyllic lakeside estate in Cornwall, England, Alice Edevane is a bright, inquisitive, innocent, and precociously talented sixteen-year-old who loves to write stories. One of People magazine’s Best Books of Fall-“Morton's moody, suspenseful latest is the perfect page-turner for a chilly night.”įrom the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of The Secret Keeper and The Distant Hours, an intricately plotted, spellbinding new novel of heartstopping suspense and uncovered secrets.
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