In this compelling new time-slip mystery, a little girl goes missing from her familyβs castle in the Thousand Islands of New York. Eighty-five years later, a journalist teams up with a woman living on Koster Isle to find out what happened to Poppy, once and for all.
1907. On the eve of her fifth birthday, Poppy Pendleton is tucked safely in her bed, listening to her parents entertain New Yorkβs gilded society in their Thousand Islands castle; the next morning, she is gone, and her father is found dead in his smoking room.
1992. Though Chloe Ridell lives in the shadows of Poppyβs castle, now in ruins, she has little interest in the mystery that still captivates tourists and locals alike. She is focused on preserving the island she inherited from her grandparents and reviving their vintage candy shop. Until the day a girl named Emma shows up on Chloeβs doorstep, with few possessions, save a tattered scrapbook that connects her to the Pendleton family. When a reporter arrives at Chloeβs store, asking questions about her grandfather, Chloe decides to help him dig into a past sheβd thought best left buried. The haunting truth about Poppy, they soon discover, could save Emmaβs life, so Chloe and Logan must work together to investigate exactly what happened long ago on Koster Isle.
β[A] propulsive time-swapping tale. . . . Fans of WWII inspirationals will love this.β Publishers Weekly on The Curatorβs Daughter
βReaders will delight in this story that illustrates how the past can change the present.β Lisa Wingate, national bestselling author of Before We Were Yours, on Catching the Wind
Standalone dual-timeline historical mystery
Clean, suspenseful historical fiction, perfect for fans of Susan Meissner or Lisa Wingate