Summer 1924: On the eve of a 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, 98, one-time housemaid of Riverton Manor, is visited by a director making a film about the poet's suicide.

Within its four walls lay a secret that would last a lifetime

The haunting second novel from the author of the No.1 bestseller, The House at Riverton

Roman cinematografic in spiritul marilor productii Gosford Park si Ramasitele zilei, Casa de la Riverton reinvie saga engleza de la inceputul secolului XX. La Riverton, in 1924, un garden party reuneste crema societatii tinere. In vreme ce muzica de dans insufleteste spiritele, explozia unui glont rasuna in noapte: poetul Robbie Hunter isi pune capat zilelor, iar drama lui va schimba pentru totdeauna viata familiei Hartford. Pana si Grace, menajera, paraseste domeniul de la Riverton,...

From the international bestselling author of The House at Riverton and The Forgotten Garden comes a brand new tale of love, mystery, betrayal and dark secrets ...

Edie Burchill and her mother have never been close, but when a long lost letter arrives one Sunday afternoon with the return address of Millderhurst Castle, Kent, printed on its envelope, Edie begins to suspect that her mother's emotional distance masks an old secret.

From the international bestselling author of The House at Riverton and The Forgotten Garden comes a brand new tale of love, mystery, betrayal and dark secrets ...

Edie Burchill and her mother have never been close, but when a long lost letter arrives with the return address of Milderhurst Castle, Kent, printed on its envelope, Edie begins to suspect that her mother's emotional distance masks an old secret.