The Distant Hours

by Kate Morton
4 Stars
Setting: England
562 pages
Published 2010

Ellie's Review
The Distant Hours was an enjoyable read that ended up about a fascinating mystery; however, a mysterious letter doesn't intrigue me in the beginning as much as the foundling in Morton's The Forgotten Garden. I loved the descriptions of the castle in this book. I raced through the last 100 pages as the brilliant plot unfolded, but before that I found some slow parts.

Book Summary
A long lost letter arrives in the post and Edie Burchill finds herself on a journey to Milderhurst Castle, a great but moldering old house, where the Blythe spinsters live and where her mother was billeted 50 years before as a 13 year old child during WWII. The elder Blythe sisters are twins and have spent most of their lives looking after the third and youngest sister, Juniper, who hasn’t been the same since her fiance jilted her in 1941. 

See Ellie's review of Kate Morton other books: The House at Riverton and The Forgotten Garden.