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The Lighthouse Secret

By: Carmel Harrington
Narrated by: Avena Mansergh-Wallace
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Family secrets never stay buried…

1951, Ireland

On the windswept Cork coast, the lighthouse-keepers’ wives wait, watching the sea. Their husbands are coming home. But one secret can never be revealed.

2023, Maine

Decades later, Mollie Kenefick receives an anonymous note: Family secrets never stay buried. The only person she can ask is her grandmother – however, Beth made a vow that she swore never to break.

But someone knows what happened that summer in 1951, and it seems they’re not happy keeping silent . . .

'Carmel truly reigns as the queen of emotional Irish fiction!' AMANDA GEARD

'Evocative and captivating – this really swept me away' ISABELLE BROOM

'A beautiful blend of past and present secrets combined with captivating storytelling' ALEX BROWN

©2024 Carmel Harrington (P)2024 HarperCollins Publishers 20th Century Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Romance Small Town & Rural Women's Fiction Marriage
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Carmel has done it again!

A dual storyline and mystery set in Ballycotton in 1951 and current time.
The female characters from 1951 were brilliantly portrayed and I felt transported back in time.
Molly returns to Ballycotton hiding from her life and is caught up in solving a puzzle involving the Lighthouse keeper's wives in 1951
I loved this story and the narration was perfect

A brilliant dual timeline story that will pull on your heart strings

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Such a good book fell in love with the characters and their stories kept me going for the whole book full of secrets really was a great book

Page turner

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Loved the story beautifully written and read now I want to see the Ballycotfon lighthouse for myself!

Beautiful listen

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Loved this storyline, characters how it went from 1951 to present. The suspense was kept up through the book. Loved it all.

Brilliant

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4.25⭐️

I had the audiobook of this dual time line book read by Avena Mansergh- Wall who is good providing distinctive voices and accents to easily identify the characters.

Much of the story is told from the perspective of lighthouse keepers wives in the 1950’s with the contemporary perspective provided by Mollie who is a well known tv anchor in the US. Having relationship problems she joins her father to visit her sick grandma in Ireland where she starts digging into family secrets. There’s a teeny bit from an antagonist too.

There’s a few secrets to provide ongoing interest, one of the threads shows how something that we think of as a modern problem is in fact a longer standing one.

I thought I knew exactly where the plot was going but I was fooled.
My favourite part was the 1950’s with the problems that those women and families faced. I gelled with those characters more too. This is usually the case for me with split time lines. I really enjoyed it, it’s easy to listen to, with a good pace for a very character driven story.

My other read by this author is The Stolen Child which was a rare 5⭐️ for me, so now I’m keen to try more.

Enjoyable listening

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