Author: katemorton

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Forgotten Garden: In 1862, a group of artists spent the summer at Birchwood Manor, resulting in a missing heirloom, a disappearance, and a murder. Over a century later, archivist Elodie is pulled into the mystery…

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A moving and powerful mystery, The Forgotten Garden is the bestselling second novel from author of The House at Riverton, Kate Morton.1913On the eve of the First World War, a little girl is found abandoned after a gruelling ocean voyage from England to Australia. All she can remember of the journey is that a mysterious woman she calls the Authoress had promised to look after her. But the … But the Authoress has vanished without a trace.1975Now an old lady, Nell travels to England to discover the truth about her parentage. Her quest leads her to Cornwall, and to a…

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From the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of The Distant Hours, The Forgotten Garden, and The House at Riverton, a spellbinding new novel filled with mystery, thievery, murder, and enduring love. During a summer party at the family farm in the English countryside, sixteen-year-old Laurel Nicolson has escaped to her childhood tree house and is happily dreaming of the future. … tree house and is happily dreaming of the future. She spies a stranger coming up the long road to the farm and watches as her mother speaks to him. Before the afternoon is over, Laurel will witness…

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A “captivating” New York Times bestseller (People): When a lost letter makes its way to Edie, she travels to the dilapidated castle where her mother stayed during World War II — and discovers her family’s long-buried past… “A spellbinding journey” (Booklist) with “layers of deliciously surprising secrets” (Library Journal).

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In this spellbinding New York Times bestseller, 98-year-old Grace returns to the manor home where she once worked — and soon begins to untangle the secrets of her former employers. “Riveting” and “haunting” (Publishers Weekly), with over 24,000 five-star ratings on Goodreads.

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