Synopsis
Discover Kate Morton's multimillion-copy bestselling debut novel, The House at Riverton, a mesmerising story of tragedy and buried secrets, with this new edition.
Winner of the Richard and Judy Book Club Best Read of the Year
Summer, 1924.
On the eve of a glittering society party, by the lake of a grand English country house, a young poet takes his life. The only witnesses, sisters Hannah and Emmeline Hartford, will never speak to each other again.
Winter, 1999.
Grace Bradley, ninety-eight, one-time housemaid at Riverton Manor, is visited by a young director making a film about the poet's suicide. Ghosts awaken, and memories, long-consigned to the dark reaches of Grace's mind, begin to sneak back through the cracks. A shocking secret threatens to emerge; something history has forgotten, but Grace never could . . .
Readers love The House at Riverton by Kate Morton . . .
'I couldn't put it down'
'I felt fully immersed in the time and period'
'Kate Morton writes beautifully . . . a thought provoking story that will stay with you long after'
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“A rollicking good yarn of the sort you might devour in a single weekend”Vogue, Vogue
“An extraordinary debut . . . Told with a lovely turn of phrase by someone who knows how to eke out tantalising secrets and drama . . . A fascinating time in history, and Morton brings it to life with obvious attention to detail and thorough research”Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph
“An extremely accomplished mystery story . . . haunting and enthralling . . . exquisite not only in the writing but also in the structure”Good Reading, Good Reading
