On a dark midwinter's night in an ancient inn on the river Thames, a wounded stranger carries in the lifeless body of a small child. Hours later the girl stirs, and returns to life. Is it a miracle? Magic? As the days pass the child remains mute and unable to answer questions. Three families are keen to claim her: the wealthy mother of a kidnapped daughter missing for two years; a farming family sure it is their son's secret daughter; a parson's housekeeper, reminded of her younger sister. Each family has secrets, which must be revealed before the girl's identity can be known.
year: 2018, 2019
call number/section: 1000
subjects: secrecy, fiction, missing persons, mystery fiction, fiction / literary, fiction / historical / general, fiction / gothic, thames river (england), fiction, thrillers (fiction), detective and mystery fiction, detective and mystery stories
Editions
Setterfield, Diane
Emily Bestler Books/Atria (2018)
When the seemingly dead body of a child reanimates hours after arriving at an ancient inn on the Thames, three families try to claim her.
Schools: 0
Setterfield, Diane
Emily Bestler Books/Washington Square Press (2019)
On a dark midwinter's night in an ancient inn on the river Thames, a wounded stranger carries in the lifeless body of a small child. Hours later the girl stirs, and returns to life. Is it a miracle? Magic? As the days pass the child remains mute and unable to answer questions. Three families are keen to claim her: the wealthy mother of a kidnapped daughter missing for two years; a farming family sure it is their son's secret daughter; a parson's housekeeper, reminded of her younger sister. Each family has secrets, which must be revealed before the girl's identity can be known.
Schools: 1