• The Secret Keeper

  • By: Kate Morton
  • Narrated by: Caroline Lee
  • Length: 19 hrs and 53 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (15,893 ratings)

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The Secret Keeper

By: Kate Morton
Narrated by: Caroline Lee
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Publisher's summary

England, 1959: Laurel Nicolson is 16 years old, dreaming alone in her childhood tree house during a family celebration at their home, Green Acres Farm. She spies a stranger coming up the long road to the farm and then observes her mother, Dorothy, speaking to him. And then she witnesses a crime.

Fifty years later, Laurel is a successful and well-regarded actress, living in London. She returns to Green Acres for Dorothy’s 90th birthday and finds herself overwhelmed by memories and questions she has not thought about for decades. She decides to find out the truth about the events of that summer day and lay to rest her own feelings of guilt. One photograph, of her mother and a woman Laurel has never met, called Vivian, is her first clue.

The Secret Keeper explores longings and dreams, the lengths some people go to fulfill them, and the strange consequences they sometimes have. It is a story of lovers, friends, dreamers and schemers, play-acting, and deception told against a backdrop of events that changed the world.

©2012 Kate Morton (P)2012 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

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Awesome Storytelling

It is not often that writers are effective in telling a story that cover different time periods and weave expertly between the past and present without losing the reader along the way. Well, Ms. Morton weaved a story that expertly transitioned between time periods and provide rich and well developed characters. Also, the narrator was a pleasure to listen to for nearly 20 hours. The whole production was really well done.

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A surprising delight!

I have to admit, the cover art on this one almost kept me away. It looked like the kind of supermarket romance novel I don't usually go for. What a surprise! The writing, story, and characters kept me listening and drinking it in.

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What a fantastic story! Surprising.

I really enjoyed this one!!! Was a lovely story where things certainly were not as they seemed and really full of surprises!
I loved the character development and the different views of them as the chapters rolled on ... Just when I felt I knew what they were like as people, the situations and exchanges between characters would change like 180 degrees!!
Not your typical doomed lovers story, nor happily ever after story either. Sooooo much changes throughout the entire book!

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Great Book

I really loved this story and all the twists and turns. it is quite lovely and can't wait to listen to more books by this author. The reader was fantastic and drew me into each character.

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Fantastic

I thought I loved "The Forgotten Garden" but I think this one might just be my favorite

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What an amazing story, so worth my monthly credit!

The narrator made this book such fun to listen to. I enjoyed the surprising twist I didn't even see coming!

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EXCELLENT!

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The narrator was wonderful and the story was masterfully written.

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Beautiful

I absolutely love this book! Well written, beautiful story and great characters. One of my favorite books.

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one of my favorites by this author.

Hey only had one question when this book ended. I hope to figure it out.

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Phenomenal must-read

I am so sad this book is over! What an amazing story of love and loss and strength and mystery. It’s a bit slow to start, but after I finished the first chapter, I was hooked and listened nonstop. If you’re considering listening to this, just do it. You won’t regret it.

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