Her curiosity is sparked, setting off a series of events that will bring her and Alice togetherĪccess-restricted-item true Addeddate 14:07:25 Boxid IA1925701 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier While out walking one day, she stumbles upon the old estate.

Miles away, Sadie Sparrow, a young detective in the London police force, is staying at her grandfather's house in Cornwall. Theo's case has never been solved, though Alice still harbors a suspicion as to the culprit. Nearly sixty years later, having enjoyed a long, successful career as an author, Alice is now eighty years old and living in London. What follows is a tragedy that tears the family apart, leaving their estate as empty as their broken hearts. One midsummer's eve, after a beautiful party drawing hundreds of guests to the estate has ended, the Edevanes discover that their youngest son, Theo, has vanished without a trace. Living on her family's gorgeous lakeside estate in Cornwall, England, Alice Edevane is a bright, clever, inquisitive, innocent, and precociously talented fourteen-year-old who loves to write stories.

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