A rich, spellbinding new novel from the author of The Lake House--the story of a love affair and a mysterious murder that cast their shadows across generations, set in England from the 1860s until the present day. In 1862, a group of young artists descends upon Birchwood Manor to spend a secluded summer month in a haze of inspiration and creativity. But by the time their stay is over, one woman has been shot dead, another has disappeared, and a priceless heirloom is missing. Over 150 years later, Elodie Winslow, a young archivist, finds a sepia photograph of a woman in Victorian clothing and an artist's sketchbook containg a drawing of a twin-garbled 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?