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

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!

Quite the story

It started out confusing. I had to restart it and pay attention several times to get things straight. Because you switch back and forth between characters and their points in times it was confusing. Sometimes I thought I missed some piece of information but it turned out the answer had not been revealed. Once I got the characters straight I enjoyed the story and mystery. I still wonder why such a big deal over certain things that had no relation to the rest of the story except to mislead the audience trying to solve the mysteries in the story. The ending had a nice twist. The English and Australian accents
were pleasant to the ears.

Loved it, live all Kate Morton I've read

This may be my favorite Kate Morton book of all. Did not see the twist coming. Then looking back I should have. Very good writing. I loved characters then hated them then loved
them again.

Great Story

Great story, but too long. Narration not excellent, as characters began sounding all alike as the story progressed.

Standard for Kate Morton

If you enjoy Kate Morton's other books, you'll like this one. It follows her standard pattern of flipping back and forth between past and present to uncover the truth of some old secret. I enjoyed it, but I think this plot device is becoming tired for her.

Excellent! Excellent!!

This is the second WWII book I listened to in a row - not necessarily on purpose. This was so good I cannot get it out of my head. I liked this as much as Kate Moron's "The Forgotten Garden", my first of her books (maybe her first book on Audible.)

It has some very interesting twists and turns, but the end - the end was excellent – which would not be worth much without the rest of the most excellent story. The stories of WWII in England were as frightening as any other good read, but with a different context. It isn't like one cannot figure out what really happened – but honestly I didn’t get the whole picture. It was so – good – and right at what really happened.

The title is excellent. I cannot wait to listen to it again! And again!! It is very worth the credit!!!