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The secret keeper : a novel / Kate Morton.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781439152805 (hc) :
- ISBN: 9781439152812 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: 484 p. ; 24 cm.
- Edition: 1st Atria Books hardcover ed.
- Publisher: New York ; Atria Books, 2012.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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| Subject: | Actresses > England > Fiction. Family secrets > Fiction. Life change events > Fiction. Great Britain > Social life and customs > 20th century > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Mystery fiction. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stroud Branch | LP FIC Morto | 31681002611317 | LARGEPT | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Withdrawing from a family party to the solitude of her tree house, 16-year-old Laurel Nicolson witnesses a shocking murder that throughout a subsequent half century shapes her beliefs, her acting career and the lives of three strangers from vastly different cultures. By the best-selling author ofThe Distant Hours . 200,000 first printing. - Baker & Taylor
Withdrawing from a family party to the solitude of her tree house, sixteen-year-old Laurel Nicolson witnesses a shocking murder that throughout a subsequent half century shapes her beliefs, her acting career, and the lives of three strangers from vastly different cultures. - Simon and Schuster
The new novel from the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of The Distant Hours is a spellbinding mix of mystery, thievery, murder, and enduring love.
From the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of The Distant Hours, The Forgotten Garden, and The House at Riverton, a spellbinding new novel filled with mystery, thievery, murder, and enduring love.
During a summer party at the family farm in the English countryside, sixteen-year-old Laurel Nicolson has escaped to her childhood tree house and is happily dreaming of the future. She spies a stranger coming up the long road to the farm and watches as her mother speaks to him. Before the afternoon is over, Laurel will witness a shocking crime. A crime that challenges everything she knows about her family and especially her mother, Dorothyâher vivacious, loving, nearly perfect mother.
Now, fifty years later, Laurel is a successful and well-regarded actress living in London. The family is gathering at Greenacres farm for Dorothyâs ninetieth birthday. Realizing that this may be her last chance, Laurel searches for answers to the questions that still haunt her from that long-ago day, answers that can only be found in Dorothyâs past.
Dorothyâs story takes the reader from preâWWII England through the blitz, to the â60s and beyond. It is the secret history of three strangers from vastly different worldsâDorothy, Vivien, and Jimmyâwho meet by chance in wartime London and whose lives are forever entwined. The Secret Keeper explores longings and dreams and the unexpected consequences they sometimes bring. It is an unforgettable story of lovers and friends, deception and passion that is toldâin Mortonâs signature styleâagainst a backdrop of events that changed the world.
