The Clockmaker's Daughter: A Novel

The Clockmaker's Daughter: A Novel

<p> <strong>INSTANT <em>NEW YORK TIMES</em> BESTSELLER</strong> </p> <p> <strong>A rich, spellbinding new novel from the author of <em>The Lake House</em>—the story of a love affair and a mysterious murder that cast their shadow across generations, set in England from the 1860s until the present day.</strong> </p> <p> <em>My real name, no one remembers.<br /> The truth about that summer, no one else knows.</em> </p> <p> 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. </p> <p> 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. </p> <p> 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? </p> <p> Told by multiple voices across time, <em>The Clockmaker’s Daughter</em> 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<em>.</em> </p>