This audiobook is narrated by Indira Varma and Tom Burke.
As recommended by the BBC Radio 2 Book Club
'A mystery, a love story and a ghost story, all at once. I didn’t want it to end'—S J Watson
They say we'll never know what happened to those men.
They say the sea keeps its secrets…
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 …
Inspired by real events, The Lamplighters by Emma Stonex is an intoxicating and suspenseful mystery, an unforgettable story of love and grief that explores the way our fears blur the line between the real and the imagined.
© 2021 Picador (Luisterboek): 9781529047349
Publicatiedatum
Luisterboek: 4 maart 2021
This audiobook is narrated by Indira Varma and Tom Burke.
As recommended by the BBC Radio 2 Book Club
'A mystery, a love story and a ghost story, all at once. I didn’t want it to end'—S J Watson
They say we'll never know what happened to those men.
They say the sea keeps its secrets…
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 …
Inspired by real events, The Lamplighters by Emma Stonex is an intoxicating and suspenseful mystery, an unforgettable story of love and grief that explores the way our fears blur the line between the real and the imagined.
© 2021 Picador (Luisterboek): 9781529047349
Publicatiedatum
Luisterboek: 4 maart 2021
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Fien
5 aug 2023
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Suki
30 sep 2022
Very enjoyable, sober, mystery with interesting realistic details about the life of lighthouse keepers (on rocks) and the families they leave on shore for lengthy periods of time. Well read with alternating narrators who keep the plot alive in a naturalistic way. The clichés of any such a novel in this genre are forgiven by the very strong writing.
Els
26 aug 2021
Fantastisch voorgelezen, vooral door Indira Varma. Ze geeft de vrouwen elk hun eigen stem en karakter. En alle karakters zijn complex, met goede en minder goede eigenschappen. Verwacht geen nagelbijtende thrillerachtige spanning, maar een menselijk mysterie. Aanrader.
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