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, Kate Morton's 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: 1416550518
• ISBN13: 9781416550518
• Publish Date: 1 April 2008 (first published 1 July 2006)
• Publish Status: Out of Stock
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Simon & Schuster
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 473
• 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.