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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
Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Women's Fiction World War II England Celebration Mystery
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Excellent listen.

always go for detective books. This was a great listen. I've downloaded the secret garden now here's hoping it's as good.

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Great story

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

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Very well planned out and highly researched novel.

Knew what the big twist would but still enjoy it. It is evident how much research has gone into the book when you see the amount of detail given.

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Loved it.

Really enjoyed listening. The narrator wasn't so good in my opinion, storyline great so will get more from Kate Morton.

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Sprint finish

This is well worth a credit. It's a little slow in the middle, but that's easily forgiven by the fantastic ending. It's one of those reveals that makes you say - 'I didn't think that felt right and now it all makes sense'. I will definitely be re-listening now I know the ending. The narrator has a gentle Australian accent which is easy on the ears until she tries to do a strange Birmingham like accent that sounds almost like Irish at times. A large part of the book is performed in this rather strange accent but, to be honest, it's awkwardness fades away the more you listen. Please don't let that dissuade you or you'll be missing out on a really great book.

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great from start to finish

lovely story with lots of twists and turns, keeps you hooked right till the end .

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Great read

Loved this book. Lots of twists, great depiction of wartime London, and very well narrated.

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Excellent story

Great story with a twist, couldn't stop listening as I needed to get to the end.

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Nice story, terrible narration

Enjoyable plot, and an easy to listen to story but slightly long winded in places. However, spoilt by a narrator with terrible accents. The narrator's faintly Australian accent is lovely but when she plays various characters she changes her accent. The accents she puts on are strangely dreadful - nothing like a Coventry or London accent!

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Very long winded

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.

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