In fiction, the outcome of the plot must surprise readers, but at the same time, it should seem inevitable. Australian novelist Kate Morton achieves this balance in her latest offering, The Lake House. This highly articulate book is a perfect read for the dark winter evenings ahead. Divided between the 1930s in Cornwall and 2003 in Cornwall and London, the narrative explores the relationships of three sisters among one another and with Eleanor, their beleaguered mother.