‘The Lantern,’ by Deborah Lawrenson: A modern gothic tale
An idyllic French hamlet, crumbling with age and crammed with secrets, is the Manderley-esque setting for this modern gothic novel, which has been likened to Daphne du Maurier's classic, "Rebecca." As in "Rebecca," Deborah Lawrenson's main character is a young woman, Eve, very much in love with an older man, Dom, whose absent former wife remains a presence in their lives.
But Lawrenson overlays the contemporary story with a second one, told by Benedicte Lincel, whose family previously owned Les Genevriers, the estate in Provence at which Eve and Dom have taken up residence. The split-screen tales, unfolding in alternating voices that span half a century, eventually converge, with disturbing and surprising answers to questions that haunt both narrators.
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