{"product_id":"the-secret-keeper-a-novel-9781439152805","title":"The Secret Keeper: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe new novel from the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of The Distant Hours is a spellbinding mix of mystery  thievery  murder  and enduring love.  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. 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 a shocking crime. A crime that challenges everything she knows about her family and especially her mother  Dorothyher vivacious  loving  nearly perfect mother.  Now  fifty years later  Laurel is a successful and well-regarded actress living in London. The family is gathering at Greenacres farm for Dorothys ninetieth birthday. Realizing that this may be her last chance  Laurel searches for answers to the questions that still haunt her from that long-ago day  answers that can only be found in Dorothys past.  Dorothys story takes the reader from preWWII England through the blitz  to the 60s and beyond. It is the secret history of three strangers from vastly different worldsDorothy  Vivien  and Jimmywho meet by chance in wartime London and whose lives are forever entwined. The Secret Keeper explores longings and dreams and the unexpected consequences they sometimes bring. It is an unforgettable story of lovers and friends  deception and passion that is toldin Mortons signature styleagainst a backdrop of events that changed the world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45118128586805,"sku":"ByrdShop_1439152802","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781439152805.jpg?v=1776100515","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-secret-keeper-a-novel-9781439152805","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}