- Missing persons, Secrecy, Fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, historical
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.
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Grave, classical in form, earnest and plot-driven.
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- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Diane Setterfield
- First published
- 2018
- Pages
- 465
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Limited, Atria/Emily Bestler Books, Center Point
- Editions
- 10
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781473555815
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First sentence
“There was once an inn that sat peacefully on the bank of the Thames at Radcot, a day's walk from the source.”
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