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Title: The Lake House

Author: Kate Morton

Narrator: Caroline Lee

Format: Unabridged

Length: 21 hrs and 24 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-22-15

Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 13 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Living on her familys gorgeous lakeside estate in Cornwall, England, Alice Edevane is a bright, clever, inquisitive, innocent, and precociously talented 14-year-old who loves to write stories. But the mysteries she pens are no match for the one her family is about to endure....

One midsummers 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. What follows is a tragedy that tears the family apart in ways they never imagined, leaving their estate as empty as their broken hearts.

Nearly 60 years later, having enjoyed a long, successful career as an author, Alice is now 80 years old and living in London. Theos case has never been solved, though Alice still harbours a suspicion as to the culprit.

Miles away, Sadie Sparrow, a young detective in the London police force, is staying at her grandfathers house in Cornwall. While out walking one day, she stumbles upon the old estate - now crumbling and covered with vines, clearly abandoned long ago. Her curiosity is sparked, setting off a series of events that will bring her and Alice together and reveal shocking truths about a past long gone...yet more present than ever.

A lush, atmospheric tale of intertwined destinies, this latest novel from a masterful storyteller is spellbinding and satisfying.

Critic Reviews:

"Morton excels at creating absorbing mystery." (People)

"Morton is the master of the atmospheric old-fashioned novel packed with enough stories to fill all the worn satchels in the Milderhurst attic." (Bookpage)

Members Reviews:

Accents

It's such a great pity that a great book has been ruined by the accents that the narrator has tried without success to mimic! It would have been much better to have found a person from the UK to narrate this book. Or not try to mimic the various accents at all. It spoils the overall feel of the story. I have to be honest, such a wonderful story though.

What is that accent thing all about?!

I'm still listening, and really enjoying the story, but the accents are bizarre, to say the least! The attempt at a Cornish accent is in fact more like some sort of Scottish/Irish pirate mash up!

There is also some weird mockney in their too - dropping Ts randomly appears to be the general approach there.

I've listened to a few audio books narrated by this woman, and they're great, but those required her native Australian accent.

This is torture, and it's really detracting from the story for me.

A grating experience

What disappointed you about The Lake House?

Another supposedly easy listen ruined by dreadful narration. Why, oh why, does this narrator insist on attempting regional accents of which she is so blatantly uninformed? In this recording we have efforts at Scottish (I know only because the character's origin is detailed), what I imagine is meant to be the West Country, and London, all mangled, often mixed, and with some of the most excruciating mauling of vowels I have ever heard. All this with undertones of an Australian lilt. If the story warranted it I would buy the print version instead. Alas, it doesn't.

Got me through 2 X long haul flights

I was gripped from the first chapter. Great characters, an in depth story with twists and turns. I like the way the author lets the reader into the secret before the detective.