The House at Riverton. (Pan)

Summer 1924. On The Eve Of A Glittering Society Party, By The Lake Of A Grand English Country House, A Young Poet Takes His Life. The Only Witnesses, Sisters Hannah And Emmeline Hartford, Will Never Speak To Each Other Again. Winter 1999. Grace Bradley, Ninety-eight, One-time Housemaid At Riverton Manor, Is Visited By A Young Director Making A Film About The Poet's Suicide. Ghost Awaken And Old Memories - Long Consigned To The Dark Reaches Of Grace's Mind - Begin To Sneak Back Through The Cracks. A Shocking Secret Threatens To Emerge, Something History Has Forgotten But Grace Never Could. -- Back Cover. Kate Morton.