Clockmaker's Daughter

The Clockmaker's Daughter is a novel by Kate Morton that combines secrets, lies, and intricately layered mysteries set in 19th-century London. The story follows a little girl abandoned in the streets, who is adopted by a mysterious stranger and becomes a thief, a friend, a muse, and a lover. In 1862, she retreats with a group of artists to a beautiful house on the Upper Thames, where tensions simmer and a gunshot rings out, killing a woman and disappearing another. The novel unravels the stories of those who have passed through Birchwood Manor since that day, revealing that sometimes the only way forward is through the past.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 608 pages
\n Publication date: 18 April 2019
\n Publisher: Pan Macmillan
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From the acclaimed author of The House at Riverton and The Forgotten Garden, Kate Morton presents a captivating blend of secrets, lies, and intricately layered mysteries in her latest novel, The Clockmaker's Daughter.

My true identity, lost to memory, remains a mystery to all. The truth behind that summer remains hidden from the eyes of others.

In the depths of a wintry nineteenth-century winter, a young girl finds herself abandoned in the narrow streets of London. Taken in by a enigmatic stranger, she undergoes a transformative journey, becoming a thief, a confidante, 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 picturesque house on a serene bend of the Upper Thames. Tensions simmer, and on a scorching afternoon, a gunshot echoes through the air. A woman falls victim, another vanishes, and the truth of what transpired slips away, lost in the cracks of time.

Over the course of the next century and beyond, Birchwood Manor, a sanctuary of secrets, welcomes numerous newcomers while steadfastly guarding its enigmatic nature. However, when another young woman is drawn to visit the house due to her own family's secret, the mystery begins to unravel, revealing the stories of those who have passed through its halls since that fateful day in 1862.

Intricately layered and vividly atmospheric, The Clockmaker's Daughter unfolds like a tapestry of past and present, offering a poignant exploration of the human condition. It reminds us that sometimes, the only path forward is through the depths of our past.

\n Weight: 426g\n
Dimension: 197 x 130 x 39 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781447200871\n \n