u003cpu003eu003cbu003eFrom the bestselling author of u003ciu003eThe House at Rivertonu003c/iu003e and u003ciu003eThe Secret Keeperu003c/iu003e, Kate Morton brings us her trademark mix of secrets, lies, and intricately layered mysteries in her sixth novel, u003ciu003eThe Clockmaker's Daughter.u003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003ciu003eMy real name, no one remembers.u003c/iu003eu003cbru003e u003ciu003eThe truth about that summer, no one else knows.u003c/iu003eu003c/pu003e u003cpu003eIn the depths of a nineteenth-century winter, a little girl is abandoned in the narrow streets of London. Adopted by a mysterious stranger, she becomes in turn a thief, a friend, a muse, and a lover. Then, in the summer of 1862, shortly after her eighteenth birthday, she retreats with a group of artists to a beautiful house on a quiet bend of the Upper Thames . . . Tensions simmer and one hot afternoon a gun-shot rings out. A woman is killed, another disappears, and the truth of what happened slips through the cracks of time.u003c/pu003e u003cpu003eOver the next century and beyond, Birchwood Manor welcomes many newcomers but guards its secret closely - until another young woman is drawn to visit the house because of a family secret of her own . . .u003c/pu003e u003cpu003eAs the mystery of u003ciu003eThe Clockmaker's Daughteru003c/iu003e by Kate Morton begins to unravel, we discover the stories of those who have passed through Birchwood Manor since that fateful day in 1862. Intricately layered and richly atmospheric, it shows that, sometimes, the only way forward is through the past.u003c/pu003e
