Lakeland Lily Book

A lengthy novel with a complex plot, its theme is revenge. When Lily's childhood sweetheart is killed in a boating accident, she vows revenge on the family who owned the boat. How she does this and how so often the results backfire on Lily herself fill the entire book. The Lake District in described in vivid detail and is almost a character itself, giving a real flavour of what it is like to live there. Set in the early 20th century, it inevitably covers the Great War and, knowing the statistics, I found it hard to believe that both the men in Lily's life survived. But, of course, this is fiction, where anything can, and does, happen.