The Shifting Fog [also published under the alternate title The House at Riverton]

By: Kate Morton

Narrated by: Caroline Lee

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.

Set as the war-shattered Edwardian summer surrenders to the decadent 20s, The Shifting Fog is a thrilling mystery and a compelling love story.

An alternate title for this novel is The House at Riverton.

©2006 Kate Morton (P)2006 Kate Morton

Alternate title for "The House at Riverton"

Where does The Shifting Fog rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Unfortunately hadn't realized "The Shifting Fog" is the same / alternate title for "The House at Riverton." Great book / wonderful narration but wish Audible had indicated that I had already purchased the same book under an alternate title.

not my favorite from this author

I felt this book was a little anticlimactic compared to some of her other books. not my favorite one.

British gentry novel with descriptive writing

The story was a bit low key. Most of the characters weren’t like able and I couldn’t wait til the end arrived. There was a twist which was nice.

I ❤️ Kate Morton!

I guess you could figure out the ending up front...but its the journey getting to the end that is pure enjoyment!

Plotline

Great description -I Felt so close to the characters - I wanted to learn what happened to them.

Wonderful

I love the unfolding of each layer of the story. Each story is a mix of history, fiction , psychology and the reality of lives lived.

Long Intro with a Decent Ending

This book took a long time for me to get into. A lot of characters introduced early and hard to keep track of throughout the book. I enjoyed the ending but the rest of the book not so much.

Love love love this book!

Kate Morton is a master story teller and Caroline Lee is her equal as a narrator! Fantastic is all I can say!

In the Style of Daphne Du Maurier

I like reading suspense stories where there is a complete story besides the mystery, and this book is on that level. A friend recommended Kate Morton, but she said "start with her first and move on so you will enjoy the progress of her writing." I didn't understand at first, however, after "The Shifting Fog"'s faltering in places, I think I understand. Ms. Morton gets better in her writing skill with more recent books.

The audio book was done well, but, beware when you have headphones on that the music can be shrill in your ear. Caroline Lee does an adequate job reading, but her voice is a bit too cultured for a serving maid and she uses the same accent for the upper class family.

Several times I forwarded through the narration as the story seemed superfluous at points and I never missed anything.

“AUDIBLE 20 REVIEW SWEEPSTAKES ENTRY”

Great Story

Although I could predict some of the story I enjoyed it so much. Grace was a fantastic character in which to see the time period through. I highly recommend!!