Kate Morton’s heartbreaking novel, The Secret Keeper, is a spellbinding story of mysteries and secrets, murder and enduring love, moving between the 1930s, the 1960s and the 2010s.1961: 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.2011: 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.
CONTRIBUTORS: Kate Morton
EAN: 9781529092165
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
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WEIGHT: 422 g
HEIGHT: 197 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Pan Macmillan
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GENRE: FICTION / Historical / General, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical, FICTION / Romance / Historical / 20th Century, FICTION / Multiple Timelines
WIDTH: 130 cm
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Book Themes:
Suffolk, c 1930 to c 1939, c 1960 to c 1969, Historical crime and mysteries, Historical romance, Family life fiction, Historical fiction, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss
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.
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