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During a midsummer celebration at the Edivanes’ Cornwall estate, the family hears the call of a missing child: Theo, only six years old, disappears without a trace. The tragedy fractures the household and forces the family to confront deep secrets as the once‑splendid house sits abandoned, silent witnesses to a mysterious disappearance.
First publish date: 2015
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Historical Mystery
Authors: Kate Morton
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