The Secret Keeper - Kate Morton

The Secret Keeper

By Kate Morton

  • Release Date: 2012-10-16
  • Genre: Literary Fiction
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 1,487 Ratings

Description

From the New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author of Homecoming, The Distant Hours, The Forgotten Garden, and The House at Riverton comes a spellbinding novel of family secrets, murder, and enduring love.

During a picnic at her family’s farm in the English countryside, sixteen-year-old Laurel Nicolson witnesses a shocking crime, a crime that challenges everything she knows about her adored mother, Dorothy. Now, fifty years later, Laurel and her sisters are meeting at the farm to celebrate Dorothy’s ninetieth birthday. Realizing that this is her last chance to discover the truth about that long-ago day, Laurel searches for answers that can only be found in Dorothy’s past. Clue by clue, she traces a secret history of three strangers from vastly different worlds thrown together in war-torn London—Dorothy, Vivien, and Jimmy—whose lives are forever after entwined. A gripping story of deception and passion, The Secret Keeper will keep you enthralled to the last page.

Reviews

  • great reading

    5
    By elemarmour
    Love her books
  • The Secret Keeper

    5
    By Suziemom39
    This was an amazing book with so much love and heart. I can’t wait to read another of this author’s novels. Heartwarming, and engaging from beginning to end
  • Couldn’t stop reading!

    5
    By Tigerfire990
    The beginning was a little confusing for me, but once I got past the few pages, I couldn’t put it down! Great story! Very interesting plot twist!
  • Wonderful

    5
    By Nvegasgal
    LOVED THIS BOOK
  • Great book!

    5
    By kitsti
    Lovely story with surprises along the way.
  • I could hardly breathe

    5
    By Mom is on it!
    As the paths in this story come together there is still much to learn. In coming to the end I could hardly breathe. It will stay with me a long, long time.
  • Excellent book

    5
    By cheryldennis55
    This book took me along with twists and turns right from the beginning!! Great book!!
  • Excellent and captivating read!

    5
    By indianabook
    I enjoyed this books tremendously!
  • Woderful from the first page to the last!

    5
    By Pegjarvis
    Beautifully wrtten, and intertwined stories solving the secrets at last!
  • Slow going

    3
    By Amigo73
    And a bit repetitive at times. No real surprises. From time to time I wanted to just scream, “ask your mother!” to the main character. The book perpetuates a myth that the old and dying are ridiculously fragile and not too bright individuals who need to be protected from their own history. After a lifetime of dealing with those at the end stages of life I assure you, and the author, that nothing could be further from the truth. The character of the aged mother would have been bursting to tell her story, to paint the mural of her past and the war years. This truth put the entire book into the category where I’m not inclined to recommend it.