The Keepers of the Lighthouse
Kaye Dobbie
Reviewed by Helen
This is an awesome story with duel time lines set on an island, Benevolence in The Bass Strait, it follows the story of the lighthouse keepers back in 1882 and then in 2020 when a group of people arrive to do repairs for visitors to camp on the island but there is a link between the past and the present and danger and mystery in both times, this is a story that will keep you turning the pages.
In 1882 Leo Webster is the lighthouse keeper on this desolate Island in Bass Strait where the winds blow wild during a storm, Leo is here with his wife and daughter, Laura who loves the island and helping her father, when a storm blows up and a schooner is wrecked on the rocks Laura and Leo rescue the survivors, never realizing the secrets and danger that come with them.
2020 and Nina with a team of volunteers arrive on the island to repair damage done to some buildings from a storm so as the island can be used for tourists the lighthouse is not in use these days but stands tall in the place it always has, Jude Rawlins is also on the island to do some filming, unfortunately he and Nina have a past a past the involves heartache and hurt. When acts of sabotage start happening Nina and Jude must join to work out what is happening and by who, could these acts be linked to the past?
I thoroughly enjoyed this story and both time lines, Laura and Nina were different but strong with such totally different personalities and they both were caught up in secrets and danger that had me eager to find the answer to the mystery. This is a story that I would highly recommend, MS Dobbie has bought the characters to life on the pages in this beautifully written story, one which I am sure readers will love.
My thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for my copy read and review.
In 1882 Leo Webster is the lighthouse keeper on this desolate Island in Bass Strait where the winds blow wild during a storm, Leo is here with his wife and daughter, Laura who loves the island and helping her father, when a storm blows up and a schooner is wrecked on the rocks Laura and Leo rescue the survivors, never realizing the secrets and danger that come with them.
2020 and Nina with a team of volunteers arrive on the island to repair damage done to some buildings from a storm so as the island can be used for tourists the lighthouse is not in use these days but stands tall in the place it always has, Jude Rawlins is also on the island to do some filming, unfortunately he and Nina have a past a past the involves heartache and hurt. When acts of sabotage start happening Nina and Jude must join to work out what is happening and by who, could these acts be linked to the past?
I thoroughly enjoyed this story and both time lines, Laura and Nina were different but strong with such totally different personalities and they both were caught up in secrets and danger that had me eager to find the answer to the mystery. This is a story that I would highly recommend, MS Dobbie has bought the characters to life on the pages in this beautifully written story, one which I am sure readers will love.
My thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for my copy read and review.
5 stars
August 3, 2022 by HarperCollins Publishers AU
