The Secret Keeper

By: Kate Morton

Narrated by: Caroline Lee

Length: 19 hrs and 53 mins

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

All Around Favorite

I listened while making a long trek to Georgia from Alabama. Little did I know that not only was I fully engaged, but so too were my family members who squawked aloud when I switched to the radio so as not to force them to listen.

We arrived just as the final chapters began.

Everyone seemed deflated until we got inside the house and I had Alexa play the rest of the book on the house speakers.

GREAT GREAT read with unexpected twists and turns that kept us all entralled!!!!

riveting story with plenty of twists and turns.

loved the story but tha narrator never could figure out which accent to perform for the different characters. after I bit I just tried to ignore but it was hard to do so.

Wonderful combination of historical fiction, suspense and mystery

Extremely well read, but what a gifted writer! This is my first book from this author and I was glued to my earbuds all the way through. Wonderful pictures painted of wartime London, and fabulous twists of plot. A great read and listen.

Artfully written story

I was spellbound to the very end. I enjoyed this book so much, that I immediately listened to it a second time and I know this book will one I will return to again and again. The author artfully paints a clear picture with her words and skillfully takes us back and forth through time up to the very end. Caroline Lee did a wonderful job narrating the story.

Mystery with interesting story

The book was long yes! But is a book too long when you enjoy all of so much?!
I sure was surprised how things came together at the end.
Why don’t I read all of Kate Morton’s books?!
Even during a Pandemic I was not distracted!
Thanks Kate!

Wonderful Book

Loved it. I couldnt put it down. It is a wonderful story. Perfectly read. I have yet to be disappointed by any of Kate Morton's books. I the reader Caroline Lee as well.

Don't keep this a secret!

What a great listen. This is the kind of book that just keeps drawing you further and further in to the story, while finishing with a completely unexpected ending. I really enjoyed it. My only complaint is with part of the narration - for some reason the narrator feels the need to give one of the main characters an Irish accent (for the life of me I don't know why). It's completely unexpected when she first does it, and she continues doing so throughout the book. If you can overlook this, it's a great story.

So good!

Any additional comments?

This could be my new fav author. I love all she offers...historical fiction, mystery, depth, story length & family/secret themes. This was just what I wanted to read. It is true to book jacket description. Although I figured out the ending quite a while back, I was thrilled that it came to be. I was worried the ending would be different than I thought it should be. That being said, I wasn't bored. This was a satisfying read. I have already started another of her novels.

Wonderful

This book kept me on edge the whole time. A love story that was Very well narrated too.

LOVED IT!

Amazing. Rich character development. A tiny bit predictable, but not too. Loved it. Especially the final culminating chapters.