The House at Riverton

The House at Riverton

by KateMorton (Author)

Synopsis

Originally published in 2007, Kate Morton's debut novel, The House at Riverton, became a bestselling sensation and won the Richard and Judy Best Read of the Year. This special tenth anniversary edition of Kate Morton's acclaimed debut features a new foreword from the author.

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, 98, one-time housemaid of 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.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 624
Edition: Main Market
Publisher: Pan
Published: 15 Jun 2017

ISBN 10: 1509841415
ISBN 13: 9781509841417
Book Overview: Featuring a foreword from the author, this is a special tenth anniversary edition of The House at Riverton, Kate Morton's acclaimed bestselling debut

Media Reviews
A rollicking good yarn of the sort you might devour in a single weekend * 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 *
An extremely accomplished mystery story . . . haunting and enthralling . . . exquisite not only in the writing but also in the structure * Good Reading *
Author Bio

Kate Morton grew up in the mountains of south-east Queensland and lives now with her husband and young sons in London. She has degrees in dramatic art and English literature, specializing in nineteenth-century tragedy and contemporary gothic novels.

Kate has sold over ten million copies of her novels in thirty-three languages, across thirty-eight countries. The Shifting Fog, published internationally as The House at Riverton, The Forgotten Garden, The Distant Hours and The Secret Keeper have all been number one bestsellers around the world. Each novel won the Australian Book Industry award for General Fiction Book of the Year.