FromtheNewYorkTimesbestsellingauthorofHomecomingcomesa“moody,suspensefulpage-turner“(People,BestBookPick)filledwithmysteryandspellbindingsecrets.Livingonherfamily’sidylliclakesideestateinCornwall,England,AliceEdevaneisabright,inquisitive,andprecociouslytalentedsixteen-year-oldwholovestowritestories.Onemidsummer’seve,afterabeautifulpartydrawinghundredsofgueststotheestatehasended,theEdevanesdiscoverthattheiryoungestchild,eleven-month-oldTheo,hasvanishedwithoutatrace.Heisneverfound,andthefamilyistornapart,thehouseabandoned.Decadeslater,AliceislivinginLondon,havingenjoyedalongsuccessfulcareerasanovelist.Milesaway,SadieSparrow,ayoungdetectiveintheLondonpoliceforce,isstayingathergrandfather’shouseinCornwall.Whileoutwalkingoneday,shestumblesupontheoldEdevaneestate--nowcrumblingandcoveredwithvines.Hercuriosityissparked,settingoffaseriesofeventsthatwillbringherandAlicetogetherandrevealshockingtruthsaboutapastlonggone...yetmorepresentthanever.Alush,atmospherictaleofintertwineddestiniesfromamasterfulstoryteller,TheLakeHouseisanenthralling,thoroughlysatisfyingread.
