It is the hot summer of 1862 and a group of young artists under the guidance of the talented Edward Radcliffe disembark on the banks of the Thames at Birchwood Manor. They have a plan: spend the summer in seclusion and look for inspiration for their work. However, their stay is unexpectedly cut short. One day they find one woman from their group shot and the other is nowhere to be found. In the process, a valuable inheritance disappeared and Edward Radcliffe's life was in ruins. One hundred and fifty years have passed and Elodie Winslow, a young London archivist, finds a strange leather satchel containing two seemingly unrelated things: a faded photograph of an arrested woman in Victorian clothing and a sketchbook containing a drawing of a semi-detached house by the river. Why does Elodie like Birchwood Manor so much? And who is the beautiful woman in the photo? What secrets does it hide? The Watchmaker's Daughter is a story of murder, mystery and theft. It tells about art, love and loss. The voice of a woman who stands outside of time flows through the pages of this book like a river. Her name has been forgotten by history, but she watched everything and was there: Birdie Bell, the watchmaker's daughter.