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Jul 06, 2017JCLColleenO rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
The novel opens in 1933 with the entire Edevane clan preparing for the annual Midsummer party at their idyllic home, Loeanneth. Sixteen-year-old Alice Edevane is caught up in the magic of her first finished novel and her first crush. Before the night is over, several momentous events occur, including the tragic disappearance of her baby brother, Theo. Decades later, Alice, now a famous crime novelist, is still haunted by the real-life mystery of Theo’s vanishing. What really happened the night of her family’s summer party? Does Alice know more about that night than she pretends? Sadie Sparrow, a London detective on leave because of a botched case, discovers the Edevanes’ abandoned house while staying with her grandfather in Cornwall. She becomes engrossed in the 70-year old case and uses her formidable detective skills to investigate. Will she be the one to finally discover the long unknown fate of Theo Edevane? I love Kate Morton’s writing, and highly recommend two of her other books, The Secret Keeper and The Forgotten Garden.