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The Secret Keeper

A Compelling Story of Enduring Love and Betrayal from the Number One Bestselling Author

Kate Morton author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Pan Macmillan

Published:13th Apr '23

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A spellbinding story of mysteries and secrets, murder and enduring love, across time. From Kate Morton, the bestselling author of Homecoming.

'Enthralling' – Good Housekeeping


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.

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

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 -- Mail on Sunday, on The Lake House
Deliciously compelling -- Liane Moriarty, author of Big Little Lies, on The Lake House
Ambitious, complex, compelling -- Kristin Hannah, author of The Women, on The Clockmaker's Daughter

  • Short-listed for RoNA The Epic Romantic Novel of the Year Award 2013 (UK)

ISBN: 9781529092165

Dimensions: 197mm x 130mm x 39mm

Weight: 422g

608 pages