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Hardback
Published: 25th May 2021
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Published: 9th August 2022
Paperback
Published: 9th March 2021
The Lamplighters
By (Author) Emma Stonex
Pan Macmillan
Picador
9th March 2021
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Crime and mystery fiction
Historical fiction
Sea stories
Narrative theme: Interior life
Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss
Narrative theme: Sense of place
Narrative theme: Love and relationships
Maritime history
823.92
Paperback
368
Width 153mm, Height 234mm
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. Now, they have 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, suspenseful and deeply moving mystery, and an unforgettable story of love, grief and obsession.
Emma Stonex was born in 1983 and grew up in Northamptonshire. After working in publishing for several years, she quit to pursue her dream of writing fiction. The Lamplighters left harbour after a lifelong passion for lighthouses and everything to do with the sea. She lives in the Southwest with her family.