The Clockmaker’s Daughter

In the summer of 1862,a group of young artists led by the passionate and talented Edward Radcliffe descends upon Birchwood Manor on the banks of the Upper Thames. Their plan: to spend a secluded summer month in a haze of inspiration and creativity. But by the time their stay is overone woman has been shot dead while another has disappeared; a priceless heirloom is missing; and Edward Radcliffe’s life is in ruins. Over one hundred and fifty years laterElodie Winslowa young archivist in Londonuncovers a leather satchel containing two seemingly unrelated items: a sepia photograph of an arresting-looking woman in Victorian clothingand an artist’s sketchbook containing the drawing of a twin-gabled house on the bend of a river. Why does Birchwood Manor feel so familiar to Elodie? And who is the beautiful woman in the photograph? Told by multiple voices across timeThe Clockmaker’s Daughter is a story of murdermysteryand thieveryof artlove and loss. And flowing through its pages like a river is the voice of a woman who stands outside timewhose name has been forgotten by historybut who has watched it all unfold: Birdie Bellthe clockmaker’s daughter.