A young poet commits suicide by the lake of an English country house as a party rages inside, and two sisters witness his desperate act. What drove him to this point, and why will the sisters never speak to each other again?
Decades later, a director making a film about the poet’s life seeks out Grace Bradley—a maid in the old country house who is now 98 years old. Her questions raise old ghosts that Grace thought would remain secret until her death. Secrets of the two sisters, and also secrets of her own.
This internationally acclaimed Australian debut is a thrilling mystery and compelling love story. It’s the perfect book for curling up in a comfy chair, taking the phone off the hook and getting completely lost in its richly evocative world.
Find out more about Kate Morton and The Shifting Fog at www.katemorton.com
Kate Morton was born in 1976 and grew up in the mountains of South East Queensland. She has degrees in Dramatic Art and English Literature, and is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Queensland. Kate lives with her husband and young son in a hundred-year-old house in Brisbane. The Shifting Fog is her first novel.
Read more about Kate at www.katemorton.com
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