FORGOTTEN GARDEN

A special Sophie Allport Design limited edition, with textured cover and embossed title of the moving and powerful mystery from the author of The House at Riverton. On the eve of WWI, a little girl is found abandoned on a ship to Australia. A mysterious woman called the Authoress has promised to look after her but has disappeared without a trace. On the night of her 21st birthday, Nell Andrews learns a secret that will change her life forever. Decades later she embarks upon a search for the truth that leads her to the windswept Cornish coast and the strange and beautiful Blackhurst Manor, once owned by the aristocratic Mountrachet family. On Nell's death, her granddaughter Cassandra comes into an unexpected inheritance. Cliff Cottage and its forgotten garden are notorious amongst the Cornish locals for the secrets they hold about the doomed Mountrachet family and their ward Eliza Makepeace, a writer of dark Victorian fairy tales. It is here that Cassandra will finally uncover the truth about the family and solve the century-old mystery of a little girl lost. Be transported to another era and be taken through three different time zones from the First World War, 1970s childhood to the 21st century. A super chunky 645 pages, softback, colour photo of author on inside back cover.