A rich, spellbinding new novel from the author of The Lake
House--the story of a love affair and a mysterious murder that cast
their shadows across generations, set in England from the 1860s until
the present day.
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.
