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

Engrossing

As in The Lake House I was thoroughly engaged all the way! Loved the book and will immediately check out another.

Intriguing

The book started out very slow, so slow in my opinion that I came close to giving up. I’m glad I did not. The last few chapters were astonishing and tied everything up very nicely. I could envision this as a movie. It’s definitely worth it. I would love to see it on the big screen.

absolutely wonderful

full of twists and turns that kept me guessing and involved. the narration was perfect.

Great story and vivid historical writing!

This is a carefully drawn story with an intricate plot that is completely and satisfyingly resolved in the end. The performance is excellent too!

She Did it Again

Would you listen to The Secret Keeper again? Why?

Absolutely. Kate Morton wrote another fantastic book with this one. I love the story!

What did you like best about this story?

I liked mostly that this one was about an old woman and her family and family secrets.

What does Caroline Lee bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

She brings the characters to life in a way that wouldn't happen if I had just read it.

If you could rename The Secret Keeper, what would you call it?

I wouldn't rename it.

Good Mystery

Story about how war, life, love all mix to make a mystery that becomes life circumstances. Enjoyed listening to this book. Did not figure out the mystery until the last few chapters.

Amazing story with a little bit of everything!

You will not find a more deep, suspenseful, story of love, loss, desperation, forgiveness and friendship in a time of war. Nor will you find all of that with an amazing mystery that in the end, will blow your wig off.

Long but a good story

What made the experience of listening to The Secret Keeper the most enjoyable?

I enjoyed the book. It seemed long at times but I'm glad I stuck with it.

Great read

As always her story take a twist in a positive ending
I didn't expect the end. The chapters were very interesting and real

Once it pulls you in you won't want it to end!

What did you love best about The Secret Keeper?

I loved the character development, and the author's ability to tell a story within a story. I enjoyed the twists and turns, and there was a moment in the book, that was so well written, that it shifted the story from interesting to excellent!