Will I love The Clockmaker's Daughter?

This book hits my sweet spot because of its dual timeline (I just love those) and strong sense of place in the setting.

I love reading about how something in the past haunts the present. This book highlights how forgotten lives can live on through art and memory. (I don’t know why, but I’m very drawn to this topic)

As an author, I also appreciate the complexity of the plot and the great writing, which is lyrical and a delight to read.

A multi-dimensional, multi-narrative historical novel, it kept me enthralled to the very last page.

It’s the hot, hazy summer of 1862 and painter Edward Radcliffe has arranged a creative retreat for his friends at Birchwood Manor, on a bend of the river Thames. Things go terribly wrong and there's a death. A hundred and fifty years later in London, archivist Elodie Winslow stumbles across a leather satchel; what’s inside—a photograph and sketchbook—sends Elodie on an investigative journey. While Elodie can come and go as she pleases to Birchwood Manor, someone else can’t—the ghost that’s inhabited the house ever since that fateful summer. An atmospheric mystery, one to be savored on a winter’s evening with… show more.