Lorelei's Secret

Sometimes love can speak louder than words . . .

Paul Iverson's life is stable, orderly and dull - until he meets Lexy and her Rhodesian Ridgeback dog, Lorelei. From their first date, Lexy sweeps him off his feet and brings him passion, adventure and love. But one afternoon, Lexy climbs the apple tree in their backyard and falls to her death. Heartbroken, Paul cannot believe it was an accident and sets out to uncover the truth, with the help of the only creature who saw what happened, Lorelei.

What follows is both comic and deeply touching as Paul tries to divine Lorelei's secret. And in his attempts to teach her to communicate, Paul revisits his often tempestuous romance with Lexy, learning things about his wife that he could never have imagined.

LORELEI'S SECRET is a spellbinding novel that will win the heart of every reader with its story of unending love, loss and the lengths that people will go to when driven by grief and hope.

“Wonderfully inventive and slyly funny”

Inventive and gripping ... Parkhurst handles the quest formula with originality and humour - Literary Review

'If you like a tear-jerker with a twist you'll adore this. In the vein of Maggie O'Farrell's After You'd Gone, it deals with the loss of a loved one' - Glamour

One of those rare novels ... that intrigues, pulls on the heartstrings and confuses you all at once - Time Out

A shimmering fictional portrait of love and loss - Scotsman

Prepare to have your heart smashed into melancholy pieces - Elle

Mesmerising and unusual ... The book is beautifully written and, alongside thriller-like elements, packs a powerful emotional punch - Good Housekeeping

An extraordinarily moving novel, poised halfway between a lament and a mystery ... A novel to be read in one sitting, LORELEI'S SECRET is one of this summer's "must read" books - Big Issue (in the North)

Captivatingly strange ... perilously adorable - New York Times

Carolyn Parkhurst's fiction has appeared in 'The North American Review', The Minnesota Review', 'Hawai'i Review' and 'The Crescent Review'. She lives in Washington, D.C. with her husband and their son.

Sometimes love can speak louder than words . . .Paul Iverson's life is stable, orderly and dull - until he meets Lexy and her Rhodesian Ridgeback dog, Lorelei. From their first date, Lexy sweeps him off his feet and brings him passion, adventure and love. But one afternoon, Lexy climbs the apple tree in their backyard and falls to her death. Heartbroken, Paul cannot believe it was an accident and sets out to uncover the truth, with the help of the only creature who saw what happened, Lorelei.What follows is both comic and deeply touching as Paul tries to divine Lorelei's secret. And in his attempts to teach her to communicate, Paul revisits his often tempestuous romance with Lexy, learning things about his wife that he could never have imagined.LORELEI'S SECRET is a spellbinding novel that will win the heart of every reader with its story of unending love, loss and the lengths that people will go to when driven by grief and hope.

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