From the bestselling author of The House at Riverton and The Secret Keeper, Kate Morton brings us her dazzling sixth novel, The Clockmaker's Daughter. My real name, no one remembers. The truth about that summer, no one else knows. In the summer of 1862, a group of young artists led by the passionate and talented Edward Radcliffe descends upon Birchwood Manor on the banks of the Upper Thames. Their plan: to spend a secluded summer month in a haze of inspiration and creativity. But by the time their stay is over, one woman has been shot dead while another has disappeared; a priceless heirloom is missing; and Edward Radcliffe's life is in ruins. Over one hundred and fifty years later, Elodie Winslow, a young archivist in London, uncovers a leather satchel containing two seemingly unrelated items: a sepia photograph of an arresting-looking woman in Victorian clothing, and an artist's sketchbook containing the drawing of a twin-gabled house on the bend of a river. Why does Birchwood Manor feel so familiar to Elodie? And who is the beautiful woman in the photograph? Will she ever give up her secrets? Told by multiple voices across time, The Clockmaker's Daughter is a story of murder, mystery and thievery, of art, love and loss. And flowing through its pages like a river, is the voice of a woman who stands outside time, whose name has been forgotten by history, but who has watched it all unfold: Birdie Bell, the clockmaker's daughter.
Sommeren 1862, Birchwood Manor, Upper Thames. En gjeng med unge kunstnere ledet av den talentfulle Edward Radcliffe ankommer Birchwood Manor. Planen deres er å tilbringe en sommermåned i en dis av inspirasjon og kreativitet. Men innen oppholdet er ferdig har en kvinne blitt skutt til døde, en annen har forsvunnet og et uvurderlig arvesmykke er forsvunnet og Edward Radcliffes liv ligger i ruiner. 150 år senere oppdager den unge arkivaren Elodie Winslow en skinnsekk som inneholder et sepiafarget fotografi av en kvinne i viktorianske klær samt en skissebok med tegninger av et hus ved elvebredden. Hvorfor virker Birchwood Manor så kjent for Elodie? Og hvem er den vakre kvinnen på fotografiet? Vil hun noen gang oppgi hemmelighetene sine? «The Clockmaker's Daughter» er en historie om drap, mysterier, kunsttyverier, kjærlighet og tap. Boken inngår i BS engelsk bestselgerabonnement.
