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Review: The Clockmaker's Daughter

The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

First, I have to say that the book cover is absolutely gorgeous. Never judge a book by its cover, but this time you would not be wrong. I love stories which have more than one timeline and encourage the reader to discover the connections across time. I would assume that it is a challenge for an author to make sure that each timeline has a beginning and an end and that anything in between keeps the reader interested. Kate Moron is an expert in multiple timelines novels. This is the third book I have the pleasure of reading from this delightful author and I was not disappointed. The Clockmaker’s Daughter is a tale of love, murder, ghosts, and a lost blue diamond.

During the Summer of 1862, a group of artist friends pervades the Birchwood Manor to practice their arts. Edward Radcliffe is in love with his model Lily Mullington, but he is engaged to be married to Fanny Brown. He plans to quietly break off the engagement, paint his lover as the Fairy Queen who is part of the folklore related to the manor and to thereafter take Lily to America to start a new life. But plans don’t always work the way you want, and a murder shatters his life forever.

A hundred fifty years later, Elodie Winslow discovers a leather satchel which contains Edward’s sketchbook and a picture of a beautiful Victorian lady. The sketches are of a house which Elodie recognized as being the very one her mother used to tell her about in her fairy-tales. Elodie is compelled to find the house and to discover who the lady in the picture is. Only one person really knows what happened in the Summer of 1862. Will she share the secrets?

I want to thank NetGalley and Simon & Schuster Canada for providing me with an Advanced Reader’s Copy. This stunning book will be available at your favourite bookstore on October 9, 2018.

“He was the music that gets inside a person’s head and changes the rhythm of their pulse; the inexplicable urge that drives a person to act against their better judgment.” – Kate Morton, The Clockmaker’s Daughter

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