The Forgotten Tower: Long buried secrets, a dangerous stranger and a house divided...
Nov 2023 · Pan Macmillan
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The Forgotten Tower is a mesmerizing gothic mystery about a castle full of dark secrets and buried history, from Sunday Times top ten bestselling author Lulu Taylor.
Georgie is reluctant to move when her husband inherits Wakefield Castle, but he is determined to restore its fortunes. When exploring her new home she finds an old handwritten recipe book which leads her to suspect that the castle hides secrets as troubling as her own . . .
In 1939, as war is declared, the Wakefield family open the castle to shelter unusual guests. As the Wakefield children learn to cope with the loss of their missing parents and the presence of newcomers, the castle becomes a refuge and a keeper of secrets.
As Georgie’s fascination for the castle grows, it becomes a place for her own escape. But when unravelling the mysteries of its past, she realises that in order to be truly free, she must confront what she most dreads.
'Don’t you just want to grab this, switch off the phone and curl up on the sofa? Winter bliss from Lulu Taylor' – Veronica Henry, author of The Foreign Exchange
5 Star Reader Reviews:
'A mesmerising gothic novel, written to perfection'
'Great characters, wonderful, almost ethereal settings'
'I have loved everything this author has written and this was no exception'
Georgie is reluctant to move when her husband inherits Wakefield Castle, but he is determined to restore its fortunes. When exploring her new home she finds an old handwritten recipe book which leads her to suspect that the castle hides secrets as troubling as her own . . .
In 1939, as war is declared, the Wakefield family open the castle to shelter unusual guests. As the Wakefield children learn to cope with the loss of their missing parents and the presence of newcomers, the castle becomes a refuge and a keeper of secrets.
As Georgie’s fascination for the castle grows, it becomes a place for her own escape. But when unravelling the mysteries of its past, she realises that in order to be truly free, she must confront what she most dreads.
'Don’t you just want to grab this, switch off the phone and curl up on the sofa? Winter bliss from Lulu Taylor' – Veronica Henry, author of The Foreign Exchange
5 Star Reader Reviews:
'A mesmerising gothic novel, written to perfection'
'Great characters, wonderful, almost ethereal settings'
'I have loved everything this author has written and this was no exception'
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Alison Robinson
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November 23, 2023
I feel this was a novel trying to be too many things to too many people. Pippa's marriage difficulties, Georgie's hang-ups about her childhood, the contretemps with Casper's grandfather's wife, even Georgie's job as recipe creator for a famous TV chef were pulling the novel into women's fiction/romcom territory while the rest of the book was trying to create some gothic tension about a family trapped in the castle. And it was slooooow. I was 61% into the book and nothing of any note had happened
About the author
Lulu Taylor moved around the world as a child before her family settled in the Oxfordshire countryside. She studied English at Oxford University and had a successful career in publishing before she became a writer. Her first novel, Heiresses, was nominated for the RNA Readers’ Choice award. It was followed by a string of bestselling novels including Her Frozen Heart, The Winter Secret and A Midwinter Promise. She lives in Dorset with her husband and two children.
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