The House at Riverton

Discover Kate Morton's multimillion-copy bestselling debut novel, The House at Riverton, a mesmerising story of tragedy and buried secrets, with this new edition. Winner of the Richard and Judy Book Club Best Read of the Year 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, ninety-eight, one-time housemaid at 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 . . . Readers love The House at Riverton by Kate Morton . . . 'I couldn't put it down' 'I felt fully immersed in the time and period' 'Kate Morton writes beautifully . . . a thought provoking story that will stay with you long after'

Kate Morton was born in South Australia and grew up in the mountains of south-east Queensland. She has degrees in dramatic art and English literature, specializing in nineteenth-century tragedy and contemporary gothic novels. She is the author of The House at Riverton, The Forgotten Garden, The Distant Hours, The Secret Keeper, The Lake House and The Clockmaker's Daughter, which have all been global number one bestsellers.