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Synopsis:
Cornwall, 1972. Three keepers vanish from a remote lighthouse, 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. The tide shifts 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. And then a writer approaches them. He wants to give them a chance to tell their side of the story. But only in confronting their darkest fears can the truth begin to surface…
Review:
The Lamplighters is inspired by a real-life mystery where three keepers of the lighthouse disappeared without a trace.
Set in 1972 we meet the three lightkeepers over the course of a few chapters. We get a glimpse of the lives of Arthur, Bill and Vince and their isolated lives on the island of the lighthouse. You get the mindset of these men, their lives they have on the main shore and their mindset and how they deal with the isolation.
While the premise of this book seemed so fascinating it was a real slow burn for me. In the early stages of the book, I knew how this was going to play out. That, with the slow-paced story did drag on for a while. Unfortunately, this book wasn’t one for me.
Rating: 2/5
Publisher: Picador
ISBN: 9781529066289