The Daughters of Foxcote Manor
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Publisher Description
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER, “A captivating mystery: beautifully written, with a rich sense of place, a cast of memorable characters, and lots of deep, dark secrets.”—Kate Morton, New York Times bestselling author of The Clockmaker's Daughter
“Extraordinary…Absolutely her best yet.”—Lisa Jewell, New York Times bestselling author of The Family Upstairs
Three generations. Three daughters. One house of secrets.
The truth can shatter everything . . .
When the Harrington family discovers an abandoned baby deep in the woods, they decide to keep her a secret and raise her as their own.
But within days a body is found in the grounds of their house and their perfect new family implodes.
Years later, Sylvie, seeking answers to nagging questions about her life, is drawn into the wild beautiful woods where nothing is quite what it seems.
Will she unearth the truth?
And dare she reveal it?
(Published in the UK as The Glass House)
“The Daughters of Foxcote Manor is not really about a murder, or a creepy house, but about families - the ones we're born into, the ones we make and especially the ones we flee.”—The New York Times
One of the New York Times "Novels of Suspense and Isolation"
One of The Washington Posts' Best New Audiobooks
One of Bustle's Most Anticipated Books of Summer
One of PopSugar's Best Books of July
One of New York Posts Best Books of the Week
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This atmospheric mystery from British author Chase (The Wilding Sisters) opens in August 1971 a tumultuous time for Walter and Jeannie Harrington and their children, 13-year-old Hera and six-year-old Teddy. First, Jeannie lost a baby during childbirth. Then the family's home burned down. Now Jeannie, the kids, and their 21-year-old nanny, Rita Murphy, are stuck living at remote Foxcote Manor in the Forest of Dean while Walter remains in London for work and to oversee home reconstruction. When Hera discovers a foundling in the woods, the infant buoys the household's spirits but then Jeannie's not-so-secret lover (and Walter's best friend), Don, arrives, shattering the peace. Decades later, 46-year-old Sylvie Broom is sorting through her mother's things when she happens across a folder labeled "Summer 1971" containing articles about an abandoned baby and a dead body found near Foxcote Manor. The book's narrative alternates between past and present, with sharply drawn point-of-view characters Rita, Hera, and Sylvie each revealing fragments of the tragic tale that connects them. Too-neat plotting strains credulity, but ample foreboding and evocative prose propel things to a gratifying close. Gothic suspense fans will be delighted.
