Book review - Clockmakers daughter

Kate Morton is the author of The Clockmakers Daughter and this is the blurb on her blog about the book -

In the summer of 1862, a group of young artists led by the passionate and talented Edward
Radcliffe descends upon Birchwood Manor on the banks of the Upper Thames. Their plan: to spend a secluded summer month in a haze of inspiration and creativity. But by the time their stay is over, one woman has been shot dead while another has disappeared; a priceless heirloom is missing; and Edward Radcliffe’s life is in ruins.

Over one hundred and fifty years later, Elodie Winslow, a young archivist in London,
uncovers a leather satchel containing two seemingly unrelated items: a sepia photograph of an arresting-looking woman in Victorian clothing, and an artist’s sketchbook containing
the drawing of a twin-gabled house on the bend of a river.

Why does Birchwood Manor feel so familiar to Elodie? And who is the beautiful woman in the photograph? Will she ever give up her secrets?

Told by multiple voices across time, THE CLOCKMAKER’S DAUGHTER is a story of murder, mystery and thievery, of art, love and loss. And flowing through its pages like a river, is the voice of a woman who stands outside time, whose name has been forgotten by history, but who has watched it all unfold: Birdie Bell, the clockmaker’s daughter

I picked the book up while shopping before Christmas with Megan - I think Id vaguely heard it was a good read and it was on special so I thought why not! And it was not just a good read = it was a GREAT read.  The story moves back and forward from the 1800's to current times and has many characters in it that have influence over each other.  The one that ties them together is the "presence" in the house and who that is not revealed til quite a way through the book.  Yes it kept me guessing. Its not a small book by any means its 582 pages but Id highly recommend it.