<p><b><i>The Lake House</i></b><b> by Kate Morton is the mysterious and enchanting fifth novel from the number one bestselling author of <i>The House at Riverton</i> and <i>The Secret Keeper.</i></b><br><br>June 1933, and the Edevane family&rsquo;s country house, Loeanneth, is polished and gleaming, ready for the much-anticipated Midsummer Eve party. Alice Edevane, sixteen years old and a budding writer, is especially excited. Not only has she worked out the perfect twist for her novel, she&rsquo;s also fallen helplessly in love with someone she shouldn&rsquo;t. But by the time midnight strikes and fireworks light up the night skies, the Edevane family will have suffered a loss so great that they leave Loeanneth forever.<br><br>Seventy years later, after a particularly troubling case, DC Sadie Sparrow is sent on an enforced break from her job with the Metropolitan Police. She retreats to her beloved grandfather&rsquo;s cottage in Cornwall, but soon finds herself at a loose end. Until one day, Sadie stumbles upon an abandoned house surrounded by overgrown gardens and dense woods, and learns the story of a baby boy who disappeared without a trace.<br><br>Meanwhile, in the attic writing room of her elegant Hampstead home, the formidable Alice Edevane, now an old lady, leads a life as neatly plotted as the bestselling detective novels she writes. That is until a young police detective starts asking questions about her family&rsquo;s past, seeking to resurrect the complex tangle of secrets Alice has spent her life trying to escape . . .</p>