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This like-new first edition hardcover is untouched, with no marks. The pages are tight and near fine. The book is tight, square, and unmarked, with some visible wear on the top and bottom of the dust cover, green cloth boards, and bright gilt lettering on the spine of the book. The Lake House by Kate Morton is a mystery novel that blends elements of historical fiction, suspense, and family drama. Published in 2015, the story is set in Cornwall, England. The Lake House is praised for its intricate plot, atmospheric setting, and well-developed characters.

This beautiful UK trade paperback edition appears unread. Kate Morton brings us her trademark mix of secrets, lies, and intricately layered mysteries in her sixth novel, The Clockmaker's Daughter. My real name, no one remembers. The truth about that summer, no one else knows. In the depths of a nineteenth-century winter, a little girl is alone in the narrow streets of London. Adopted by a mysterious stranger, she becomes in turn a thief, a friend, a muse, and a lover. Then, in the summer of 1862, shortly after her eighteenth birthday, she retreats with a group of artists to a beautiful house on a quiet bend of the Upper Thames... Tensions simmer and one hot afternoon a gun-shot rings out. A woman is killed, another disappears, and the truth of what happened slips through the cracks of time. Over the next century and beyond, Birchwood Manor welcomes many newcomers but guards its secret closely - until another young woman is drawn to visit the house because of a family secret of her own... As the mystery of The Clockmakers Daughter by Kate Morton begins to unravel, we discover the stories of those who have passed through Birchwood Manor since that fateful day in 1862. Intricately layered and richly atmospheric, it shows that sometimes, the only way forward is through the past.