The Lake House

De: Kate Morton

Narrado por: Daisy Head

A missing child … June 1933, and the Edevane family’s country house, Loeanneth, is polished and gleaming, ready for the much-anticipated Midsummer Eve party. Alice Edevane, sixteen years old and a budding writer, is especially excited. Not only has she worked out the perfect twist for her novel, she’s also fallen helplessly in love with someone she shouldn’t. But by the time midnight strikes and fireworks light up the night skies, the Edevane family will have suffered a loss so great that they leave Loeanneth forever.

An abandoned house … Seventy years later, after a particularly troubling case, Sadie Sparrow is sent on an enforced break from her job with the Metropolitan Police. Sadie retreats to her beloved grandfather’s cottage in Cornwall but soon finds herself at a loose end. Until one day, she stumbles upon an abandoned house surrounded by overgrown gardens and dense woods and learns the story of a baby boy who disappeared without a trace.

An unsolved mystery… Meanwhile, in the attic writing room of her elegant Hampstead home, the formidable Alice Edevane, now an old lady, leads a life as neatly plotted as the bestselling detective novels she writes. Until a young police detective starts asking questions about her family’s past, seeking to resurrect the complex tangle of secrets Alice has spent her life trying to escape.

©2015, 2016 Kate Morton. Copyright ‘Kate Morton on Cornwall’ (P)2023 Bolinda Publishing

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Morton's plotting is impeccable, and her finely wrought characters, brought together in the end by Sparrow's investigation, are as surprised as readers will be by the astonishing conclusion." (Publishers Weekly)

"Once again she delivers the satisfactions of all her best sellers... Mysteries at the core, they draw depth and appeal from her carefully applied layers of family, history and moral conundrum." (Library Journal)

"An absorbing tale of family secrets." (Choice Magazine)

Check your library carefully!

This is same story with new narrator. Clicking on it and purchasing did not review that I already owned the book narrated by a different person. That said, the narrator for this one is acceptable, but Caroline Lee’s narration I enjoyed more. When I realized the story was so familiar? I downloaded the version narrated by Ms Lee & finished with her.

Check your library carefully.

The exquisite weave of plot, characters, and setting, both physical and temporal.

I highly recommend this novel. it is compelling emotionally and intellectually. The plot is complex and has many surprises bringing history and the human condition with its beauty and tragedy together in a way that evokes vivid imagery that will remain with me as a part of my memory of this family saga.

Tedious

As another reviewer has noted, this book is simply too long - it rambles and weaves through too many sub-plots and random characters that spring up unexpectedly, and leave the listener blinking and rewinding to see what we've missed. Too wordy and protracted. What seemed like a promising "read" devolved into eye-rolling boredom.

Too long

A good story; just too confusing to follow and too much detail that was not needed

Lovely

I loved the history woven in to the story, the twist and turns and the the surprise at the end! Thank you Kate!

Beautiful story

Guessing till the end! The narration was beautiful and I loved the character development.

Want to keep listening!

The author was great. Easy to distinguish the different characters. The story and characters kept you engaged. Highly recommend!

Wow

This was such a good audiobook. I loved the characters and the unfolding mystery and surprise at the end. Great narration. So well written. Even won’t how long it is I still finished it in two days. What a phenomenal book. Well worth the listen. I didn’t want it to end.

I was thoroughly intrigued throughout

I love a little mystery and this had plenty to keep me on my toes. the characters were so well explored that I could see them in my mind so clearly. after finishing the book, I am reluctant to say goodbye to them all.

Way too long and boring

Story is good. Too many characters, way way, way too long, too many details of every characters backstory. The best part was at hour 18 when the story all finally comes together.. It did not need 18 hours to get to that point. Truly tedious. Narrator is OK, often has very monotone whispering Voice and her depiction of the older characters is ridiculous. 18 hours of my life I will not get back.