{"product_id":"the-lamplighters-a-novel-9781443461818","title":"The Lamplighters: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eInspired by a haunting true story  a gorgeous and atmospheric novel about the mysterious disappearance of three lighthouse keepers from a remote tower miles from the Cornish coastand about the wives left behind  On New Years Eve  1972  a boat pulls up to the Maiden Rock lighthouse with relief for the keepers. But no one greets the boat. When the entrance door  locked from the inside  is battered down  rescuers find an empty tower. A table is laid for a meal not eaten. The Principal Keepers weather log describes a storm raging round the tower  but the skies have been clear all week. And the clocks have all stopped at 8:45. What strange fate befell the doomed men? The heavy sea whispers their names. Black rocks roll beneath the surface  drowning ghosts. And out of the swell like a finger of light  the salt-scratched tower stands lonely and magnificent. Two decades later  a writer determined to find out the truth about the mens disappearance visits the wives who were left behind. Moving between the womens stories and the mens last weeks together in the lighthouse  we see long-held secrets surface and truths twist into lies as we try to piece together what happened  why and who to believe.  In her riveting and suspenseful novel  Emma Stonex writes a story about isolation and obsession  reality and illusion  and what it takes to keep the light burning when all else is swallowed by darkness.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67923523502133,"sku":"ByrdShop_1443461814","price":27.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781443461818.jpg?v=1794106575","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-lamplighters-a-novel-9781443461818","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}