The House at Riverton

by Kate Morton

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. A thrilling mystery and a compelling love story, "The House at Riverton" will appeal to readers of Ian McEwan's "Atonement", L.P. Hartley's "The Go-Between", and lovers of the film "Gosford Park".

• ISBN10: 0330448447
• ISBN13: 9780330448444
• Publish Date: 15 June 2007 (first published 1 July 2006)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 3 March 2021
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Pan Macmillan
• Imprint: Pan Books
• Format: Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
• Pages: 608
• Language: English

Reviews

[Kait ✨]

Even though I’ve read this twice before, I somehow still couldn’t quite remember the twist and was racing to get to the end knowing there was a fairly dramatic finale. This reads very much like a debut novel and at times Morton’s writing is a bit clunky and heavy-handed—but I still really enjoyed this and was glad to have reread it.

[Terri M. LeBlanc]

Morton is an excellent writer who has a way of creating supense that keeps you reading until the very end! No diappointments with this mystery.