The House at Riverton

by Kate Morton

Grace Bradley went to work at Riverton House as a servant when she was just a girl, before the First World War. For years her life was inextricably tied up with the Hartford family, most particularly the two daughters, Hannah and Emmeline. In the summer of 1924, at a glittering society party held at the house, a young poet shot himself. The only witnesses were Hannah and Emmeline and only they--and Grace--know the truth. In 1999, when Grace is ninety-eight years old and living out her last days in a nursing home, she is visited by a young director who is making a film about the events of that summer. She takes Grace back to Riverton House and reawakens her memories--From publisher description.

• ISBN10: 1416550534
• ISBN13: 9781416550532
• Publish Date: 3 March 2009 (first published 1 July 2006)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Simon & Schuster
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 496
• 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.