City of Belmont - Ruth Faulkner Public Library

The secret keeper, a novel, Kate Morton

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The secret keeper

Kate Morton

a novel

Historical. From the "New York Times "and internationally bestselling author of "The Distant Hours," "The Forgotten Garden," and "The House at Riverton," a spellbinding 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. But 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, Dorothy. Now, fifty years later, the family is gathering at Greenacres farm for Dorothy's ninetieth birthday. Realizing that this may be her last chance, Laurel searches for answers to the questions that haunt her from that long-ago day, answers that can only be found in Dorothy's past

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