Synopsis: Meet the Edevane family who live in a fairytale like house on a lake. It is the 1930’s and Alice Edevane is a young 16 year old who is one of 4 siblings that live in the lake house with her father and mother. They seem to be the perfect family, but you soon find out that that there is a family mystery that creates brokenness and negative consequences in the family. Fast forward to 2003 and we meet Sadie Sparrow, an intelligent and insightful detective that stumbles onto the Edavane’s unsolved mystery. The entire story goes between the present and past and slowly unfolds the solving of the Edevane family mystery.

Why I liked it: Kate Morton is a wonderful story teller. I enjoyed her use of beautiful language. I loved the mystery of not knowing what exactly happened until she revealed it to me. Morton was still able to surprise me with different aspects of the story all the way to the end. The story drew me into the character’s lives and what they were feeling and going through. I would definitely recommend to read this in book form versus audible. The author jumps around so much in time periods, that it would be easier to read the book. I did listen to this one on Audible. I enjoyed it immensely but it was a bit hard to follow which time period I was in. This is my first Kate Morton Novel and I am definitely going to be reading more of her books.

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Content Warning: Clean, but had some adult themes- affair, adultery, and a little bit of bad language.