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The Secret Keeper

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The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton is a poignant and suspenseful tale that weaves past and present. It follows Laurel Nicolson, who, as a teenager, witnesses a shocking crime involving her mother, Dorothy. Years later, as Dorothy nears the end of her life, Laurel delves into her mother's past, uncovering deep secrets and a complex narrative of love, betrayal, and mystery that spans several decades.
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The Secret Keeper

In a bucolic English summer at the end of the 1960s, a young girl witnesses a shocking crime. Fifty years later, she sets out to find out the truth, uncovering layers of mystery and deception. Moving from London during the Blitz to the present day, this is classic Kate Morton: a compulsively-readable, entrancing mystery with a long held secret to be uncovered at its heart.

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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 worldsβ€”Dorothy, Vivien, and Jimmyβ€”who are brought together by chance in wartime London and whose lives become fiercely and fatefully entwined.

Shifting between the 1930s, the 1960s, and the present, The Secret Keeper is a spellbinding story of mysteries and secrets, theatre and thievery, murder and enduring love.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781760291624

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 September 2016

Country: Australia

Imprint: Allen & Unwin

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 500g

Pages: 592

About the Author

KATE MORTON grew up in the mountains of south-east Queensland and lives now with her husband and young sons in Brisbane. She has degrees in dramatic art and English literature, specialising in nineteenth-century tragedy and contemporary gothic novels. Kate Morton has sold over 10 million copies in 33 languages, across 38 countries. The Shifting Fog, published internationally as The House at Riverton, The Forgotten Garden, The Distant Hours, The Secret Keeper and The Lake Househave all been number one bestsellers around the world.

You can find more information about Kate Morton and her books at katemorton.com or facebook.com/KateMortonAuthor.

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