Told from multiple points of view and through flashbacks, this perplexing mystery is brimming with history, family secrets and colorful. The lake house cleverly unites two missingperson cases. Kate morton is an international bestselling novelist from australia, who has written many critically acclaimed novels in her career based on the literature and fiction genres. In the earlier years, the story focuses on the edevane family, a wealthy family whose main residence is called loeanneth lake house in cornish in cornwall. Kate morton born 1976 is an international bestselling australian author. She has gone on to sell more than 10 million copies of her novels in more than 38 countries all over the world, which were translated into more than 26 foreign languages. Ive really enjoyed kate mortons previous books and wanted to love this one as well, but i found too much of this book plodding and skipped pages in spots, which is why i only rated the book with four stars instead of five. It is a stunning house kate morton has a true gift for being able to describe scenery. Pages can include considerable notesin pen or highlighterbut the notes cannot obscure the text. In the lake house we meet the young and old alice and i love how mortons aged her in a way that she hasnt lost her feistiness but has developed a sense of cynical pragmatism her young self was missing. Both world war i and ii have tragic and farreaching effects on the characters and narrative of the lake house. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the lake house. June 1933, and the edevane familys country house, loeanneth, is polished and gleaming, ready for the muchanticipated midsummer eve party.
Not only has she worked out the perfect twist for her. In kate mortons latest release, the lake house, the seventy year old unsolved kidnapping of eleven month old theo edevane takes center stage when dc sadie sparrow stumbles across the familys abandoned home while out for a jog. Kate morton, a native australian, holds degrees in dramatic art and english literature and is currently a doctoral candidate at the university of queensland. My books are about secrets and the way they haunt their keepers. Mortons wonderful, creative writing skills, marvelous story lines, and descriptions that get better each time you turn the page and that put you right at the scene or definitely wanting to be there with the. Mysteries, twists, family secrets, carefully placed red herrings, and unexpected revelations are now compelling traditions in kate mortons novels. In 2003, a disgraced young detective stumbles upon the cold case and soon discovers its ties to one of englands oldest and most celebrated mystery writer think agatha christie. Theres a mystery at the heart of all her books, often one that hinges on past and present. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. Some of my favourite things are dusty attics, lost letters, tattered fabrics, locked gardens, foxed paper, sepia photographs, doors that say dont. Her family owns a gorgeous mansion in england called loeanneth where alice and her sisters and little brother live quite the enchanted life with their parents. The lake house cleverly unites two missingperson cases, decades apart the lake house is a bookworms delight a carefully thought out mystery full of.
Living on her familys gorgeous lakeside estate in cornwall, england, alice edevane is a bright, clever, inquisitive, innocent, and precociously talented 14yearold who loves to write stories. A missing child june 1933, and the edevane familys country house, loeanneth, is polished and gleaming, ready for the muchanticipated midsummer eve party. The lake house, or loeanneth, is perhaps her most bewitching setting yet. Kate mortons the lake house isnt one of those books. Kate morton books list of books by author kate morton.
We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Katealex after their meeting at the lake house, just reflecting on life and waiting. The lake house contains all the ingredients i have come to expect in a novel by kate morton. The lake house 2015 by kate morton living on her familys idyllic lakeside estate in cornwall, england, alice edevane is a bright, inquisitive, innocent, and precociously talented sixteenyearold who loves to write stories. I just finished the secret keeper, which was the last one i had to read before i could pick up the lake house. The bestselling storyteller kate morton, author of the house at riverton, is at her finest with this mystery set in cornwall in the 1930s. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Ive been meaning to read a book by this author for a while now. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the lake house. She is a native australian, holds degrees in dramatic art and english literature. The lake house jumps around between 1911, 1914, 1932, 1933, and 2003 in cornwall and london. The lake house by kate morton is a 2015 atria publication. But then, on the night of the annual summer party, that youngest brother theo, age 11 months or so goes missing.
She is a native australian, holds degrees in dramatic art and english. Also compared to mortons previous books, the mystery element to this novel is actually much more the driving focus and centre of the story. Living on her familys idyllic lakeside estate in cornwall, england, alice edevane is a bright, inquisitive, innocent, and precociously talented sixteenyearold who loves to write stories. And of course, we completely understand sadies need to get to the bottom of the 70yr old mystery and her longing for a sense of. The lake house by kate morton 2015, cd, unabridged for. The lake house goes back and forth in time and is filled with mystery, hidden passageways, intrigue, family secrets, and all of ms. Book depository books with free delivery worldwide. While kate morton has written several highly praised novels, im embarrassed to admit this is the first of her books i have read. The house at riverton by kate morton overdrive rakuten.
Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Alice edevane, sixteen years old and a budding writer, is especially excited. Decades ago, jane hudson attended as a student, and kept the secret. The lake house is not a bad listen, it is just a rather mediocre one compared to the other morton novels. The lake house by kate morton is the mysterious and enchanting fifth novel from the number one bestselling author of the house at riverton and the secret keeper a missing child. Kate mortons other novels are the secret keeper, the house at riverton, and the two most similar to this one, the distant hours and the forgotten garden the lake of dead languages by carol goodman has a similar setting to that of the lake house, a private college beside heart lake. Jess what could a police detective in 2003 possibly have to do with the case of a child who went missing in 1933. The lake house by kate morton a cupcake and a book. Kate morton is the awardwinning, new york times bestselling author of the house at riverton, the forgotten garden, the distant hours, the secret keeper, the lake house, and the clockmakers daughter.
I absolutely loved reading a mystery novel about a mystery novelist. Kate morton burst onto the literary scene in 2007 with the house at riverton, which rapidly became a bestseller. The core story is of the edevane family who lived in leoanneth, a large house by a lake in cornwall, from 1911 until 1933. She lives with her family in brisbane, australia, and is writing her second novel. Morton has sold more than 11 million books in 42 countries, making her one of. But the mysteries she pens are no match for the one he. Kate morton writes grownup mysteries in which secrets of the past haunt families into the present.
Were huge fans of bestselling author kate mortons novelsand in particular how her books weave together different periods of timetaking her readers from prewar manor houses that are filled with secrets back to present dayseamlessly. Kate morton introduces her book the lake house, the mysterious and enchanting fifth novel from the number one bestselling author of. The lake house has many twists and turns, and the crescendo to the ending is both interesting and surprising. Kate morton the official site of bestselling author kate. From the new york times bestselling author of the secret keeper comes a moody, suspenseful pageturner people, best book pick filled with mystery and spellbinding secrets. In her latest novel, the lake house, kate morton takes two seemingly unrelated casts of. The mystery involves a disappearance from a stately old home on the cornish coast. In 1933, a young child disappeared without a trace.