Kate Morton excels in this enthralling novel about desires and divided loyalties

Good Housekeeping

An evocative tale of wartime secrets and family loyalty . . . The story unfurls with a beguiling sweetness, but there's a real sting to this tale, too

Marie Claire

Addictive reading

- <i>Mail on Sunday</i>, on <i>The Lake House</i>,

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Deliciously compelling

- Liane Moriarty, author of <i>Big Little Lies</i>, on <i>The Lake House</i>,

Ambitious, complex, compelling

- Kristin Hannah, author of <i>The Women</i>, on <i>The Clockmaker's Daughter</i>,

A spellbinding story of mysteries and secrets, murder and enduring love, across time. From Kate Morton, the bestselling author of Homecoming.'Enthralling' – Good Housekeeping1961. On a sweltering summer’s day, while her family picnics by the stream on their Suffolk farm, sixteen-year-old Laurel hides out in her childhood tree-house dreaming of a boy called Billy, a move to London, and the bright future she can’t wait to seize. But before the idyllic afternoon is over, Laurel will have witnessed a shocking crime that changes everything.Present day. Now a much-loved actress, Laurel finds herself overwhelmed by shades of the past. Haunted by memories, and the mystery of what she saw that day, she returns to her family home and begins to piece together a secret history. A tale of three strangers from vastly different worlds – Dorothy, Vivien and Jimmy – who are brought together by chance in war-time London and whose lives become fiercely and fatefully entwined.Transporting you through the 1930s, 1960s and present day, The Secret Keeper is an enchanting, page-turning read.Praise for Kate Morton:'Addictive reading' – Mail on Sunday‘If you haven’t read Kate Morton before, do yourself a favour’ – Graham Norton'Deliciously compelling' – Liane Moriarty, author of Big Little Lies'Ambitious, complex, compelling' – Kristin Hannah, author of The Women
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Haunted by her own family's history, an actress puts the past back together in The Secret Keeper, the bestselling novel from beloved storyteller Kate Morton, presented in a beautiful new edition.
Kate Morton excels in this enthralling novel about desires and divided loyalties

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781529092165
Publisert
2023-04-13
Utgiver
Vendor
Pan Books
Vekt
422 gr
Høyde
197 mm
Bredde
130 mm
Dybde
39 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
608

Forfatter

Biographical note

Kate Morton grew up in the mountains of south-east Queensland and now lives with her family in Australia. She has degrees in dramatic art and English literature, specializing in nineteenth-century tragedy and contemporary gothic novels. Kate has sold over ten million copies of her novels in thirty-two languages, across thirty-nine countries. The House at Riverton, The Forgotten Garden, The Distant Hours, The Secret Keeper and The Lake House have all been number one bestsellers around the world.