Listen to thousands of best sellers and new releases on your iphone, ipad, or android. Kate mortons heartbreaking novel, the secret keeper, is a spellbinding story of mysteries and secrets, murder and enduring love, moving between the 1930s, the 1960s and the present. The secret to kate mortons success newcastle herald. My books are about secrets and the way they haunt their keepers. The gobsmacking success of her first two books, the shifting fog and the forgotten garden, may have sent her name to the top of bestseller lists in britain and the united state but, unfortunately, inspiration can be a slippery sucker here one day and gone the next. Kate morton is the awardwinning, new york times bestselling author of the house at riverton, the forgotten garden, the distant hours, the secret keeper, the lake house, and the clockmakers daughter. Ive read the majority of the philippa gregory novels, enjoyed a couple of barbara erskine, jodi picoult,also atonement,bird song and labyrinth. Kate morton is an international bestselling novelist from australia, who has written many critically acclaimed novels in her career based on the literature and fiction genres. Kate morton books list of books by author kate morton. By this week, the sales of her first three books, the shifting fog or. Stuffed with mystery, tragedy, and romance, along with atmospheric settings and a large cast of complex characters, mortons book manages to balance many elements that weave an engaging tale for the reader. And by genre i guess i mean historicalmelodramamystery type novel. She has written two other books, emotional geology, and star gazing that i can also wholeheartedly recommend. Review of the secret keeper by kate morton the book stop.
She grew up in the mountains southeast of queensland, australia. Explore books by kate morton with our selection at. Kate morton grew up in the mountains of southeast queensland. The clockmakers daughter takes a stylistic leap, and. Author kate mortons complete list of books and series in order, with the latest releases, covers, descriptions and availability. Some of my favourite things are dusty attics, lost letters, tattered fabrics, locked gardens, foxed paper, sepia photographs, doors that say dont.
Im coming to the end of the last kate morton novel and im looking for a similar author to try. Kate morton grew up in the mountains of southeast queensland, australia. The clockmakers daughter by kate morton also by this author. Writers often say theyve been writing since they were children. She has degrees in dramatic art and english literature and is. Were huge fans of bestselling author kate mortons novelsand in particular how her books weave together different periods of timetaking her readers from prewar manor houses that are filled with secrets back to present dayseamlessly. She is a native australian, holds degrees in dramatic art and english literature. Kate morton is an international bestselling australian author born in 1976 in berri, south australia. The distant hours, the forgotten garden, the secret keeper, the lake house published by atria books on october 9, 2018 genreslists. I write historical books, but not really, because theyre set partly in the present.
Living on her familys gorgeous lakeside estate in cornwall, england, alice edevane is a bright, clever, inquisitive, innocent, and precociously talented fourteenyearold who loves to write stories. Browse audiobooks written by kate morton sorted by best. Mortons family sagas have helped create a genre completely of her own. Kate morton author of the forgotten garden goodreads. She has degrees in dramatic art and english literature, specializing in nineteenthcentury tragedy and contemporary gothic novels. In the summer of 1862, a group of young artists led by the passionate and talented edward radcliffe descends upon birchwood manor on.
Looking for books similar to kate morton books book. On a sweltering summers day, while her family picnics by the stream on their suffolk farm, sixteenyearold laurel hides out in her childhood tree house dreaming of a boy called billy, a move to london. Linda is a fantastic writer, one i recommend to anyone who will listen. In cornwall, the wealthy edevane family prepares for its annual mid. Ive not read any kate morton, but i wondered if something like this book, a lifetime burning by linda gillard might appeal to you. Review of the secret keeper by kate morton by curlygeek04, december 15, 2012. One of people magazines best books of fallmortons moody, suspenseful latest is the perfect pageturner for a chilly night. The lake house by kate morton is part historical fiction, part gothic mystery and part family sagawhich means its 100% elysebait the mystery that binds this book together involves the disappearance of an elevenmonthold baby, theo edevane, in 1933. She has gone on to sell more than 10 million copies of her novels in more than 38 countries all over the world, which were translated into more than 26 foreign languages. A little girl is abandoned on a ship headed for australia in 19 with nothing but a few clothes and a book of fairy tales. Do you ever think of writing novels that sit outside your genre.
The lake house by kate morton smart bitches, trashy books. I have enjoyed all her novels the girl on the cliff is a great read as is the light behind the window. It is difficult to categorise the new novel by kate morton, author of the house at riverton and the distant hours. She has degrees in dramatic art and english literature, and harboured dreams of.
On the other hand, books of this genre just feel a little overdone to me. The plot of the forgotten garden revolved around the lives of cassandra. The forgotten garden is a captivating, atmospheric and compulsively readable story of the past, secrets, family and memory from the international bestselling author kate morton. Kate morton had written 60,000 words of a new novel, her third. She worked for ten years in the pharmaceutical industry. Kate morton, a native australian, holds degrees in dramatic art and english literature and is currently a doctoral candidate at the university of queensland. This kate morton page has biography information, bestsellers, titles, books by. Ive always been a reader, but i didnt start writing until i was in my twenties. None of the books by kate morton has been adapted for a screenplay. Kate morton born 1976 is an international bestselling australian author. Booktopia kate morton books on the booktopia kate morton.
He was educated at the city of london school from 1957 to 1964 and at magdalen college, oxford, from which he graduated in modern languages with honors in. Bestselling storyteller morton the secret keeper excels in this mystery set against the gothic backdrop of 1930s england. Kate morton grew up in the mountains of southeast queensland and lives now with her husband and young sons in brisbane. The author of the lake house and the distant hours has. From the new york times and internationally bestselling author of the secret keeper and the distant hours, an intricately plotted, spellbinding new novel of heartstopping suspense and uncovered secrets. Kate morton the official site of bestselling author kate. Lucinda riley is on a par if not better than kate morton. She has degrees in dramatic art and english literature and is currently a doctoral candidate at the university of queensland. Theres a mystery at the heart of all her books, often one that hinges on past and present.
Although she did pursue a practical day job as a scientist, kate has always read fiction her entire life and has been actively picking up and finishing books for a long time. A foundling, an old book of dark fairy tales, a secret garden, an aristocratic family, a love denied, and a mystery. One of kate mortons outstanding novel is the forgotten garden that was published in the year 2008 by pan books publishers. Kate morton the official site of bestselling author kate morton. Kate morton books are available from booktopia, the leading online bookstore in australia. Her first novel, the house at riverton was one of the most successful uk debuts of all time. I tried rachel hore but she isnt anywhere near the standard of kate morton for me. Buy this book a letter posted in 1941 finally reaches its destination in 1992 with powerful repercussions for edie burchill. Kate has degrees in dramatic art and english literature. A fouryearold girl abandoned aboard a ship touches off a centurylong inquiry into her ancestry, in mortons weighty, at times unwieldy, second novel the house at riverton, 2008.
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