by Kate Morton
First published 2018
In 1862, a talented young artist drowns in the lake of a centuries-old English manor. Over a century later, archivist Elodie Winslow uncovers the artist's sketchbook and a mysterious woman's photograph, drawing her into a tangled web of secrets and betrayals spanning generations. As Elodie pieces together the past, she must confront her own ghosts to uncover the truth behind the Clockmaker's Daughter's tragic demise.
Genres: art, historical-fiction, 20th-century, 21st-century, 19th-century, family-drama
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: dual-timeline, found-family, unreliable-narrator
Setting: England, English Manor
Period: 1862, 21st Century
496 pages · ebook · Atria Books
Content warnings: death