by Kate Morton
First published 2005
Grace Reeves is summoned to the crumbling Riverton Manor, where she once worked as a housemaid. Now an elderly countess lies dying, and Grace is the only one who can unlock the family's dark history. As she sifts through old letters and photographs, Grace is drawn back to the summer of 1924, when a young poet's death shook the grand estate to its core. Trapped in a web of loyalty and betrayal, Grace must confront the ghosts of her own past to uncover the truth about that fateful night.
Genres: romance, historical-fiction, 20th-century, mystery, adult-fiction, family-drama
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, emotional, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: dual-timeline, unreliable-narrator, web-of-secrets
Setting: Riverton Manor
Period: 1924, 20th-century
599 pages · ebook · Pan Publishing