The Lamplighters
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3.0 • 1 Rating
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- €9.99
Publisher Description
Cornwall, 1972. Three lighthouse keepers vanish from a remote rock, miles from the shore. The entrance door is locked from the inside. The clocks have stopped. The Principal Keeper's weather log describes a mighty storm, but the skies have been clear all week.
What happened to those three men, out on the tower? The heavy sea whispers their names. Black rocks roll beneath the swell, drowning ghosts. Can their secrets ever be recovered from the waves?
Twenty years later, the women they left behind are still struggling to move on. Helen, Jenny and Michelle should have been united by the tragedy, but instead it drove them apart. And then a writer approaches them. He wants to give them a chance to tell their side of the story. But only in confronting their darkest fears can the truth begin to surface . . .
Inspired by real events, The Lamplighters is an intoxicating and suspenseful mystery, an unforgettable story of love and grief that explores the way our fears blur the line between the real and the imagined.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
This utterly chilling and compelling tale works brilliantly as an audiobook. Drawing on a real-life unsolved mystery from 1900, Emma Stonex’s story follows an investigative journalist in 1992 as he chases a lead that could uncover the truth about the disappearance of three lighthouse keepers two decades earlier. The writer seeks out the men’s widows, who gradually reveal the darkness and complexity that haunted the keepers’ lives—and continues to resonate in the relationship between the three women. The perspectives of each person involved continuously add new twists and suspense to the story—and the narrators, Game of Thrones star Indira Varma and Strike’s Tom Burke, play the roles superbly, enhancing the tension and claustrophobia with every word.
Customer Reviews
Interesting book.
Took a while to get into this book. Was good.