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The Secret Keeper

By: Kate Morton
Narrated by: Caroline Lee
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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 20th Century Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Women's Fiction England Mystery

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Good story, but it took an awful long time to get the conclusion. It was a bit of an effort to pick it up and continue as it was so long. And the narrator was awful.

Very long winded

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Another fantastic read from the talented Ms Morton; well researched and beautifully told. Caroline Lee is hands down one of the best narrators I have ever had the pleasure to listen to. I would in earnest consider listening to almost anything she narrates (bar of course a memoir of Trump’s or such like but I’m certain she wouldn’t)

A great read

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This was a great story, very long and detailed.

Great twist at the end.

Not sure why the narrator kept slipping into a strange Irish accent for Dorothy though

Great story

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Just a little spoiled by the strange accent in the telling of Dolly’s story. Was it meant to be Irish? Otherwise I loved it.

Great story, beautifully woven together over 3 timelines

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Kate Morton is an incredible story teller. This audible had a slow start and took perseverance to begin with, but when the story was anchored down, what a riveting journey it was. Absolutely nothing predictable about the story line so all revelations were shock inducing and utterly brilliant.

totally unpredictable and superb

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