Writers read! And here is one of our By the Bay 2 authors’ favorite books of 2016.
Written by Jayne Ormerod
Book Title: THE LAKE HOUSE
Author: Kate Morton
Genre: Part Historical fiction, part gothic mystery, and part family saga.
Setting: Cornwall, England
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 512
Publication date: Oct, 2015
Publisher: Atria Books
Opening Line: Cornwall, August, 1933: The rain was heavy now, and the hem of her dress was splattered with mud.
Review: Kate Morton has a way with words, and she is an expert in picking the perfect word/s to illustrate an emotion or a setting or an action. I can’t tell you how many times I stopped to reread something, not because it was confusing, but because it was so perfect. The story itself is a yo-yo between something that happened in 1933 and today’s detective trying to solve the unsolved disappearance of a child. The way Kate slowly reveals the details until the entire picture is clear is masterfully done. I have lent the book to 3 other people, and all have fussed at me for giving them something that has them reading through the night. This book is too good to put down!
About the author: Jayne Ormerod is the author of “Secrets” and “The Sniper Sisters” in By the Bay: East Beach Stories. Her story “Write by the Bay” will be in Volume II, to be published in 2017. For a complete list of Jayne’s other writings, please visit her website.
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