It's 1933 in Cornwall, and the reclusive but elegant Edevanes are celebrating their annual Midsummer's Eve bash at their country home, Loeanneth. Everyone is having a grand time, until the family finds out the youngest child, Theo, is missing. Seventy years later, Sadie Sparrow, a London detective, is on a forced vacation with her grandfather in Cornwall, after becoming too involved in a recent missing person's case. While in Cornwall, Sadie stumbles upon the abandoned Edevane estate and sets out to solve the decades old cold case, enlisting the help of Alice Edevane, the sister of the missing boy.
Morton excels at evoking lush, descriptive settings and period details, immersing the reader into the secluded world of the Edevanes in the early twentieth century. The plot alternates between the hunt for clues in the present and flashbacks from various perspectives of Edevane family members and friends. The overly tidy ending might stretch credulity too far for some, but for those who love happy endings,
The Lake House will be thoroughly satisfying. If you enjoy British mysteries focusing around abandoned estates and don't mind an eerier atmosphere, try Diane Setterfield's
The Thirteenth Tale.
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