Why Join?

  • Add New Books

  • Write a Review

  • Backpack Reading Lists

  • Monthly Newsletter

Join Now

The Secret Keeper

Author(s): Kate Morton

Location(s): London, Suffolk

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): WW2, 1960s, Modern

Location

Content

1961: On a sweltering summer’s day, while her family picnics by the stream on their Suffolk farm, sixteen-year-old Laurel hides out in her childhood tree house dreaming of a boy called Billy, a move to London, and the bright future she can’t wait to seize. But before the idyllic afternoon is over, Laurel will have witnessed a shocking crime that changes everything.

2011: Now a much-loved actress, Laurel finds herself overwhelmed by shades of the past. Haunted by memories, and the mystery of what she saw that day, she returns to her family home and begins to piece together a secret history. A tale of three strangers from vastly different worlds – Dorothy, Vivien and Jimmy – who are brought together by chance in wartime London and whose lives become fiercely and fatefully entwined.

Review this Book

To review this book, please

Log in

Book Reviews

Lead Review

From a relatively slow start, the book unfolds to develop into a good ending. The story goes from present day, to WW2 and the 1960s, which makes for an enthralling read.

Read review