The House at Riverton [With Headphones] Book

This is My guilty pleasure and my go to novel when I am in need of a little tender reading care. Something historical, set in a rambling period property on a country Estate, preferably in the middle of the English countryside, throw in a little mystery and intrigue and a few family hidden secrets and I am putty in the authors hands

Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.
-Mason Cooley

I began my fascination with Grand English Country Houses and Estates when I watched Upstairs Downstairs as a young girl with my mother and I still hold that fascination. No matter what country I visit I always manage to find a country Estate or period property where ghosts of people and the past stirs my imagination and my interest.

The House at Riverton tells the story of Grace Reeves who for decades has kept secret the truth of a poet's violent death by the lake at Riverton House in Oxfordshire. Now at the end of her life, 98 year-old Grace's memory is taken back and she remembers something from her past, a shocking secret threatens to emerge; something history has forgotten but Grace never could.

Kate Morton creates intriguing characters and weaves a powerful spell slowly and beautifully in this novel and I found the read both entertaining and satisfying.

A case of a little of what you fancy does you good. This is my second reading of this novel having read it the first time around in 2009 and happy to report I enjoyed it every bit as much on my second reading.

I think readers who enjoy authors such as Kristin Hannah or Diane Chamberlain may well enjoy Kate Morton novels.